05-13-2023, 10:57 AM
(05-13-2023, 08:16 AM)omahen Wrote: Stein fantasy trade for Ayton (in his latest podcast with Hynes) is THJ+Kleber+#10. Haynes and him also mention common agent Duffy.
There is another common agent relationship here. Son of Mark Bartelstein (THJ's agent) has moved from the Detroit front office to the Phoenix front office. Part of past THJ to Detroit rumors have involved that relationship. So, THJ + Kleber makes a ton of sense. I get queasy at those two plus #10 and would love to lower the outgoing value in one form or another.
I keep harping on this, but I would seek to trade 10 for 21 and 22 and give Phoenix one pick and San Antonio the other for taking Bertans. That gives you a path to using the Full MLE and staying out of the tax if Kyrie will take Luka money instead of his max (something else I've been harping on). If some current draft compensation is required on top of THJ and Maxi, I'd prefer a path that gets us the guy you might get at $11mm vs. the guy you might get at $7mm.