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

[DanSchwartzgan]

https://twitter.com/mavs_ffl/status/1671...78565?s=46&t=bBRvvEZPYFLF-T5n-yNj2w

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Report: There is a feeling in the league that Deandre Ayton could be traded for a matching salary and no draft picks, per Stein

I heard Chris Haynes today saying Washington was offered Ayton and instead selected expiring CP3.  It supports the argument others have made that Ayton isn’t worth draft capital and Phoenix should just take rotation players on better contracts.  

By the transitive property, if Ayton is worth less than an expiring contract and there is thought that there might be an Ayton/Collins swap, then Collins is also worth less than an expiring contract.