Realistic Return for Prince?

[jmen788]

Hi All,

The title of my thread sort of says it all-- what do you think we could realistically get for Tayshaun Prince?

He's not what he once was, but he has a lot of playoff and championship experience and can definitely help a contender. He does have a large contract which obviously makes him harder to move.

Would it be required for us to take back long term salary to get a decent pick for him? Or is it more realistic that we can flip him for another expiring along with a 2nd rounder?

What do you guys think?

Thanks!
J

[Roy H.]

I think that it will be hard to get any asset without taking on salary.

[saltlover]

I'd like to think that Prince could give the Raptors more than they're getting from Landry Fields, and that we could get a future second in such a swap (salaries match just fine).  Looks like that might put Raps $900k into luxury tax tho -- not sure how big of a deal that is to them.  I'd like to think that fielding their most competitive club ever would be a reason to cross that line by a relatively small amount, but maybe not.

[pearljammer10]

Nothing. Didn't we buy him out or all we still negotiating that?

[saltlover]

Nothing. Didn't we buy him out or all we still negotiating that?

I think mostly waiting for a team to call with interest or him to drop his buyout price.  We still have an open roster spot after waiving CDR post-Rivers trade, so there's no urgency to dump him for nothing unless he'll give up enough money.  And Prince's camp might think there's a decent enough chance he'll get traded to a contender to not need to give up money right now either.