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

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Take Vuc off the board.  Shams says $60mm over 3 years.

Houston now a favorite for Kuz and HBarnes could be headed back to Sacramento (which means Indy is still in the market competing for a big wing/PF type.

Might not be FVV/Brooks in Houston.  Might be FVV/Kuzma.  As I predicted weeks ago, easy for Houston to move KPJ's $15mm and bring in two big time FA's with about $76mm of space.

Wood to Miami thing is interesting.  There is talk of them S/Wing Lowry to create room to sign Vincent and Strus.  Vincent would be the priority.  But they will be right back at the apron if all they do is Vincent.  If Wood is to make more than some minimum exception, Dallas would have to take something back.  I don't see a lot of spare wing defenders just laying around on Miami's roster.

SnT hard caps Miami. Even if they stretch Lowry or even dump him to a cap space team, they would have exremely big troubles staying under the apron while extending Vincent and Strus. I guess we could talk some asset back if we would be eating Oladipo contract, but who wants that. I doubt anyone will move mountains to get Wood, so best outcome imho is a second rounder for our troubles. Most realistically, Wood signs for exception money.