01-12-2024, 02:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2024, 02:13 PM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(01-12-2024, 04:28 AM)omahen Wrote: Wiggins to Indy could make sense. It would ruin their cap space plans for summer. However, if he can be at least approximately what he has been at his best, he makes them better. And they will get an asset for eating his contract.
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Fischer was also on the Locked On Mav's show yesterday. Nick was asking about reports Dallas is interested in fours and was naming the usual suspects and Jake said "and Wiggins...he'd be another name I'd keep an eye on". He said "that's a perfect scenario for Dallas and Golden State if the Mav's can convince themselves that he just needs a change of scenery or if they hear back-channel that he really wants to be there and it has been just awful in GS". "If it were two depth pieces coming back from Dallas, that kind of framework would make sense for both sides". He went on to say this isn't me saying "write Andrew Wiggins to Dallas down in sharpie". "It's just an idea I've heard out there in the ether that makes sense".
Recall that JF is the one who is also saying Dallas is shopping the THJ/Holmes combo. Don't know if that is what he means by "Depth pieces". At least an additional $3.1mm would have to come back from GS in such a deal (like Moody at $3.9mm). But someone like Looney at $7.5mm would also work and keep Dallas under the LT. Normally you'd say Looney is off limits, but GSW is doing better in the Saric minutes and the TJD minutes.
An almost exact match this season would be GWill and Holmes for Wiggins. Total cost of Wiggins past this season is $30mm more than the GWill/Holmes combo. But, that $30mm is attached to a multiplier for GS. I imagine they'd be quite happy (on an ROI basis) to swap GWill for Wiggins. Does Dallas get an asset for that? I think the upside for a rehabilitated Wiggins is greater than the best you can imagine from GWill. But, the risk is also higher.