We can let Crowder go if you want, but he will have to be replaced by a (far) inferior player because of his salary over the next several years. I also understand the apprehension in letting Bradley go, but if we sign Hayward, there is no way all of IT/AB/Smart stay. Acquiring some (future) value for one of them now is probably better than letting them walk for nothing and Avery seems to be the guy.
So, as far as next year goes, we either end up with:
- Crowder, Rozier, KO, and no AB.
- No Crowder, No Rozier, KO, and AB (w/o ever really replacing Crowder)
- No KO, No Rozier, Crowder, and AB (w/o ever really replacing Crowder)
Past next year, as mentioned above, you can probably subtract AB from all of those scenarios, too.
tl;dr - we can't trade Crowder. You may not like him as much as other players on the team, but he is one of the most valuable pieces we have because of his contract. AB is likely gone, regardless.