Is Durant, Howard, Horford possible?

[rondohondo]

Howard and Horford, both entering their 30's, have all the all-star appearances and playoff experience. Any chance they would take a discount to team up with KD?

Say we move one of AB or Crowder and Young+ Hunter. That would free up about 9 mil more in cap space.

Would that be enough to offer Dwight and Horford around 20 mil a piece and still offer Durant a max?

Could see something like

It.        Rosier
AB.      Smart
KD       Brown
Horford.   Mickey
Dwight      KO

[Monkhouse]

Howard and Horford, both entering their 30's, have all the all-star appearances and playoff experience. Any chance they would take a discount to team up with KD?

Say we move one of AB or Crowder and Young+ Hunter. That would free up about 9 mil more in cap space.

Would that be enough to offer Dwight and Horford around 20 mil a piece and still offer Durant a max?

Could see something like

It.        Rosier
AB.      Smart
KD       Brown
Horford.   Mickey
Dwight      KO

Sign and trade would have to occur for one of the players, and even then that's highly unlikely, considering ATL or HOU isn't going to get much in return for those players.

[BitterJim]

Howard and Horford, both entering their 30's, have all the all-star appearances and playoff experience. Any chance they would take a discount to team up with KD?

Say we move one of AB or Crowder and Young+ Hunter. That would free up about 9 mil more in cap space.

Would that be enough to offer Dwight and Horford around 20 mil a piece and still offer Durant a max?

Could see something like

It.        Rosier
AB.      Smart
KD       Brown
Horford.   Mickey
Dwight      KO

Sign and trade would have to occur for one of the players, and even then that's highly unlikely, considering ATL or HOU isn't going to get much in return for those players.

The best hope would be mutual interest between the Rockets and Sully, and we S&T Sully to them for Howard.  There's almost no way otherwise

[Monkhouse]

Howard and Horford, both entering their 30's, have all the all-star appearances and playoff experience. Any chance they would take a discount to team up with KD?

Say we move one of AB or Crowder and Young+ Hunter. That would free up about 9 mil more in cap space.

Would that be enough to offer Dwight and Horford around 20 mil a piece and still offer Durant a max?

Could see something like

It.        Rosier
AB.      Smart
KD       Brown
Horford.   Mickey
Dwight      KO

Sign and trade would have to occur for one of the players, and even then that's highly unlikely, considering ATL or HOU isn't going to get much in return for those players.

The best hope would be mutual interest between the Rockets and Sully, and we S&T Sully to them for Howard.  There's almost no way otherwise

Yep, that isn't going to happen. 

[Dino Pitino]

Sign and trade isn't necessary if we get to 60 million in cap space first by trading a player to any one of the 20-something teams in the league with cap space to absorb a contract whole and only send back a first rounder, etc. Or do I have the situation wrong?

[Quetzalcoatl]

Yep, that isn't going to happen. 

What if the owners of the Rockets also own a bunch of local BBQ places in Houston?  Maybe the increased revenue they'd get if Sully moved there would offset the cap hit they'd take