05-28-2023, 07:16 AM
(05-28-2023, 06:34 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Maybe the package for Irving is Beasley, Vanderbilt and Rui (plus 2029) with Beasley and Vandy being moved on for someone else.
It needs to be noted that if the Mavs plan in getting Beasley/Vandy is to move them for someone else, then that would undoubtedly have to be part of the same trade (3-way).
As for the idea that Beasley/Vandy will land Collins, it raises other questions: (1) do you even want Collins, give the bloated nature of his contract versus his production, and (2) if you are willing (and can find a hard-cap-friendly way) to take Collins, and assuming his price is "please take him" because of the contract, can't you just land him in a simple DAL-ATL swap using something significantly less expensive than Kyrie?
About the pick to Dallas, given the talent (an all-star) going to LA, with the meh that's theoretically paid for him (Beasley, Hachimura [with presumably bloated contract], Vandy), I would expect demand that the deal includes both 2023 and 2029 picks.
ABOUT RUI AND TRADE MATCHING -- I don't know what number you see for Hachimura, but there's certainly a number that is too absurd to bother. And at numbers I see as reasonable (in light of his sketchy track record) or even a bit beyond that, the package of Beasley, Vandy, Hachimura [with new contract] looks to be well short of matching Kyrie's salary if it's in the 40-47M range.
...Keep in mind Rui's salary will only count 50% due to Base Year rules, and LA will be hard-capped, with the possibility that trading for Kyrie at a top salary puts them at risk of literally not having enough room to match a strong Reaves offer. On the other end, DAL will have to be under the apron and hard-capped, in order to operate at a big enough spread to counter the Rui BY issue, yet the bigger the Rui salary the more likely the numbers don't work.