What are they going to do with a trade exception if they can't combine it with other players and have no picks they can trade before 2020?
1) Trade it for a player who has a non-guaranteed contract (or team option) and can be waived
2) Trade it for a player who can actually help improve their roster
We have the Rondo Trade Exemption plus Wallace give them a second round pick too. I like the thought of making them worse. I would wait till we strike out in FA First.
You cannot combined players with trade exceptions in a trade.
You can send them:
a) The Rondo TPE plus picks
b) Wallace plus picks
Can't do both.
I don't think we could trade for Johnson at all without giving Wallace AND somebody else with a substantial contract (either Bradley or Isaiah Thomas) and there's no way I'm sending either of those guys out for Joe Johnson.