06-02-2021, 06:47 PM
(06-02-2021, 06:32 PM)Aussiebballer Wrote: It just comes down to what you are giving up to get him.
If they trade KP to another team and send unwanted salary to OKC with a minor draft asset to get Horford.
Then fine as long as they also get something good from the team getting KP.
But using cap space to trade for Horford is a major waste of potential assets/opportunities and would require OKC sending Dallas picks.
If OKC decided to say ef it lets cash in some of these picks and get a good running partner for Shai then maybe Dallas could jump in and take Horford with a pick as well.
I am not proposing using up cap space really. I think you could probably dump Burke in the process. Mavs might lose a little bit of cap space but its pretty close to MLE anyway so I think Mavs would use MLE + BAE in lieu of cap space, given that THJ will likely be resigned.
This isn't necessarily my favorite deal out of the dozen or so that I have endorsed but essentially trading KP + filler for Smart and Horford would work for me. KP is a negative player to me and his value, attitude is only going to as time goes on so I would be thrilled to get back 2 very good, gritty competitors back without the long-term salary commitments of KP.