12-26-2023, 10:30 AM
(12-25-2023, 02:30 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I think the play is getting a guy like Capela for cheap. The market was basically the Mavs and maybe PHX last summer with Ayton and THJ trades.
Now the Mavs are definitely not as interested before and PHX doesn't have the assets. Who is going to go to the Hawks with the matching contracts and need for Capela?
Hawks are 5 games below .500. The Murray+Young pairing doesn't really work. I think they're in for a restructuring. Capela might not be in their long term plans.
They definitely wanted THJ in the summer. The Mavs are probably not interested now. But could Capela be had for Holmes+Hardy+2nds?
Mavs get another wing and backup center. Capela is expensive for a backup, but it means they always have a great center each game for 48 mins.
I think the play here is to get in on a Siakam for Murray deal. Atlanta would need to add salary to Murray to match Siakam. They want to get good just like Dallas does. So, they aren't just giving players away for nothing. But, make the Capela deal part of something that lands them Siakam and now we're talking.
Murray also makes sense in Toronto as they would end up being Poeltl, Barnes, OG and Murray as their core and all sorts of options (Dick, Hardy, Trent, Schroder or even a bigger player like Boucher or McDaniels) available to play the fifth spot.
Murray can't be traded until 1/5.