07-06-2021, 07:21 PM
(07-06-2021, 02:31 PM)omahen Wrote: This would be intersting. Unless DeRozan is willing to come for exception money, signing him would require a lot of sacrifice just to avoid hard cap limitation. Most likely it would mean all of Harell, THT, Schroeder and Caruso gone. They can keep one of them if they trade Kuzma. Is DDR worth it? I doubt...
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It is easy to see DeRozan desiring to finish his career in LA. I see him as the replacement for Schroder, not in addition to him. That makes staying under the hard cap more manageable.
To me the interesting part of this is the agent angle. This is how an agent might leverage his position. Paul has a toe hold in San Antonio with Murray. He has all sorts of guys on the Lakers who need to be paid this year or next. But the Laker’s don’t have much ability to pay and don’t really value some of those guys (Harrell). So, if you job is to get those guys paid, then your strategy should be to send them to a team that has all the cap room in the world.
For sure Harrell and THT are in the outgoing plus one of KCP or Kuzma. All of those are Paul guys. You bring back Caruso and build out your bench with ring chasers and maybe someone cheap from the Spurs like Tre Jones and/or Keldon Johnson. I’m thinking DeRozan at $20mm or so, but there is a big range that would trade match. You might even split the deal in such a way that you get a TPE. You probably can’t use it in the current season, but could next summer if the timing is right.