02-01-2024, 09:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2024, 09:30 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(02-01-2024, 12:17 AM)The Jom Wrote: What has RO ever done to be worthy of a trade asset? Are you fellas just Baylor fans or what?
I tend to agree. And, are we sure Brooklyn wants to sell off expiring money for mediocre vets.
The rumor out there has them going the other way. Houston might give them Jalen Green and a bunch of their picks back for Bridges. This makes sense to me. I don't see how they rebuild anything of great value around Bridges/Johnson when tanking doesn't help them (it helps Houston). But, whether they trade Bridges or not, this is probably a time to pick up some assets...not swap one set of mediocre vets for another set of mediocre vets.
One thing that is interesting about Brooklyn is they have two very large TPE's. $18mm runs out after the TDL, $19.9mm runs out in early July and there is a $6.8mm that also runs out in July. Brooklyn could be a big player in helping high dollar teams change their situations...and get compensated for doing so. I don't mind O'Neale ending up on the Mav's (and would like Sharpe being here). But my hope would be that it would be part of something bigger with a team that didn't want our non-expiring trash. Maybe something like what I've proposed regarding Washington and Golden State where we end up with Wiggins and Sharpe.
Or, maybe we jump in the middle of the Houston deal above and try to snag Tari Eason. I'm might give up the unprotected 2027 pick for Eason, but I would definitely do it if I got Eason, Sharpe and moved Holmes to Brooklyn while creating a $12mm TPE. Maybe our pick goes to Houston and Houston gives up one more of the Brooklyn picks/swaps than they were intending to. Brooklyn can create a lot of financial flexibility if they decide to go that way, but will expect to be compensated.