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

[DanSchwartzgan]

More sights getting on a potential Siakam to Dallas trade

https://hoopshabit.com/posts/nba-rumors-...r-revealed

Sounds like they've been reading the board.  

To me, if it is GWill and THJ, then it won't be Green AND 2027.  One or the other.  I agree with your prior comment on 2027.  Top 10 protected is too protected.  If you are going to immediately convert it to a second rounder, it has to be more lightly protected to be valuable.  I could also see an unprotected pick swap (it doesn't have to be 2027 necessarily).

I don't think FG's extension requirement is realistic.  But, I think getting PS is more likely to happen than it would be otherwise because Dallas might be willing to take the risk (again) of their acquisition walking on them.

Inevitably the DJJ thing comes up any time we talk about a big dollar guy like Siakam.  Green/GWill/THJ is $41mm or so next season which probably keeps us around the tax give or take a million or two depending on what Siakam signs for.  If we don't send out Holmes, he can be stretched to save another $8mm or so.  That probably keeps you in the DJJ game as it puts you that much further under the first apron.