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

[DanSchwartzgan]

I read through a couple threads on other message boards tonight that I trust a little. That three-way between ATL, TOR and DAL is out there, coming from every which way. Minnesota people, Indiana people…everyone has a very similar version of that rumor.

Pretty interesting.

I wasn’t able to think this through yesterday.  I think what you did makes sense because it isn’t just a myopic Dallas based exercise.  I tend to agree with FG that it makes sense for Atlanta to want Siakam and for then to look to Dallas as a way of moving salary.  I suspect Siakam has other suitors, so it is up to the Hawks to fulfill the Raptor’s asking price while also hitting the mark on outgoing salary.

I think Capela is better than Hardaway.  So, some level of compensation is needed to make up the gap.  If you’ve paid any attention to Nico, I predict that compensation won’t be an unprotected first.  I struggle to see the benefit of THJ in Toronto, but it is better than trying to send Capela there.  It is hard to tell from a distance how committed they are to Trent Jr.  To, me, I can make sense of the THJ and 2 seconds part of this.  We are basically just facilitating the Capela part of this and this is the simplest form of that.  I could see Atlanta actually wanting McGee as a backup to Okongwu as I envision them starting Siakam and Okongwu together.  It is an easy enough thing to add.

If I’m Toronto, I’m not enthusiastic about taking Bey.  He’s nothing special and will be looking for money in a year.  I’d probably rather have Griffin Jr.  I’d also force Atlanta to take OPJ to get well under the tax.  From there is is just figuring out the picks and swaps from Atlanta.

My view is Atlanta gets Siakam, OPJ (to avoid tax) with McGee optional
Dallas gets Capela
Toronto gets Hunter, AJ, THJ, the 2nds from Dallas and whatever picks they get from Atlanta

Obviously Dallas doesn’t have picks to give up here yet and won’t until the deal with Boston is done.  I don’t see how adding this to the BOS/SA deal helps other than the 2nds.  So, it may not be that Dallas isn’t the one holding the Boston deal up.  But, the Boston deal not being complete could be holding up the Capela/Siakam deal.

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Maybe if you find a way to utilize San Antonio to take GTJ. I doubt Toronto has any interest in THJ, especially with GTJ still there.

Good thought.  Maybe SA.  Maybe some other team where Rich Paul pulls the strings and wants to get GTJ paid (since it didn’t happen this summer as Paul was hoping).