(01-06-2021, 04:07 AM)omahen Wrote: Allen is RFA and Brooklyn is already deep in tax. They are in tax for next season even without Dinwiddie and Allen and just with 9 players on the roster. Since they were starting Durant and Irving buddy Jordan in front of him (I see Allen was starting this one for the first time this season), it didn't make a lot of sense paying large money for a back-up. So it makes most sense to trade him and find a cheaper back-up center.
That is just a list of YOUR concepts, and perhaps YOUR preferences. But what is Brooklyn saying? (Pretty much the opposite.) My observation is that teams tend to keep the players they want, and try to get rid of the junk. What they are saying indicates they want Allen, and if they want him, that eliminates availability, since they have total control.