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

[DallasMaverick]

The thing with the ridiculous Ayton contract…..

THJ, Holmes and Mcgee are dead money and make more combined than Ayton over the next 2 years. It would be huge value over the next 2 years to swap those guys for Ayton. Even if Ayton is a fraud like we think, it’s still smart business

In regard to the 3rd year of Ayton……when is a $30 million expiring contract ever a bad thing? If Ayton is a bust then boom, we have the expiring contract needed to go big game hunting

Not dead money. Productive or somewhat productive players/contracts.

Having a $30m fraud is a really bad thing for roster construction, regardless of whether it’s the final year or not. You’re stuck trying to trade his highly negative contract for some other team’s highly negative contract.