I just got an idea, maybe based on Thomas being a less than perfect defender in this series.
If we get to draft Fultz, what about trading Thomas for Porzingis. It will definitely be with tears in my eyes if the trade happen, but I think there might be some good reasons for it. I'm not sure, when it comes to salary-fillers and picks, who should pay who how much. It would be great some money of the books and everything counts,
1) Our defence is not good at the moment. We need presence in the paint and with Thomas on the team we will always have a place in which we are being overmatched against the top teams.
2) Afterwars we should try to trade for Butler.
3) Try to trade for Hayward.
If we can get both Porzingis and Butler we will have to more contracts for years to come and not just one more year as it is with Thomas. I even think it will be possible to sign Thomas in a year, as I think he will decline massively in a new system not made for him. Maybe we can even re-sign him to a fair deal.
I admit with these trades we will be heavily damages on offence, but I also think we will much stronger on defence, and other players will step up in the absence of Thomas. I really believe in Smart and Bradley, and Rozier is on his way to have a breakthrough, and all that along with Fultz, and it might work really well.
I have an ambivalent view on the trade, but part of me think it might be good for us.