Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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DAL gets Capella, 15, Johnson
ATL gets Bertans, 10, McGee

Yeah, I had this trade of yours echoing in my head as I wrote that.  It feels a little heavy toward Dallas to me.  Johnson is kind of the Powell to Rondo in this deal as Johnson will likely be around long after Capela is gone.  Getting rid of McGee AND Bertans seems too good to be true (at least for Capela).  
Of course, Fischer isn’t in the room, so no telling what is being thrown around.  Lots of mix and match possibilities here.   Atlanta is a hair under the tax, so that has to be considered in a June trade.

1 What I like about that trade is that it can be massaged slightly in various directions. For example, pop in THJ instead of DB?
2 And it can be done in June. That means the way the draft falls can shift the value of pick 10 vs pick 15.
3 And it is basically salary-neutral. In the version I posted, ATL adds an extra $1M in cap room (plus more, if they s-w DB).

[Side note about pick 15: I know the thought is to trade down and then get Lively a bit lower, but I think Lively is over-rated in this forum by a lot. If I had pick 21/22 and he was there, I'd take him. But certainly not at 10, and hesitant at 15. I think he'll be a project with a useful ceiling but a very low floor, and would have benefited a lot by another year or two vs NCAA players.]