You in Colorado smoking green?
Top 15 Player in this League......
I have an idea, lets trade him for an 18 year old stiff
Wish I were mate! I'm in Greece bleeding green. Sounds close enough?
I don't believe Thomas is a top 15 player. In all honesty, I would be very hesitant to resign him so I'd rather trade him now than let him walk in a year's time.
If you believe we can find better value than the 9th pick I am all ears.
To MN for LaVine, Dieng and #7? To ORL with Zeller for Vucevic, CJ Watson, and #6?
Not sure if serious or just joking... Anyway, I'll play along.
The Magic have just fired their GM. No pressure whatsoever for the front office to make a win-now move. Not to mention, trading for Vuc-CJ Watson would kill our chances of landing Hayward (not enough cap space for everyone).
Same thing goes for the Minny trade. Dieng has signed a 4-year, $64 million contract extension. If we trade for him we can no longer go after Hayward. Don't get me wrong, in a vacuum that's a good trade for the C's. For the sake of discussion, let's assume that the Celtics do it. Why would the Wolves?
The Orlando trade can be completed without CJ Watson, in which case it actually opens up 3m cap space for us. Wasn't aware of the Dieng extension details, but I'm guessing Zeller can be added to even out the salaries?
Given that I spent about 5 minutes making this up, I'm not very serious, but still.
It would make zero difference for us. If we want to go after Hayward, Zeller has to be renounced either way. We would save $6,261,394 by trading IT, but at the same time we would be getting back $14,112,360 (Dieng) + $3,202,217 (LaVine) + $3,821,640 (cap hold for #7) = $21,136,217
$21,136,217 - $6,261,394 = $14,874,823 extra salary (with regards to free agency)
Same thing goes for the Olrando trade. The fact that we have to trade away Zeller and take back guaranteed salaries makes it far more difficult for us to go after Hayward.
Don't get me wrong, in a vacuum these are good trades for the C's. The thing is
Hayward + IT >>> Vuc + #6
Hayward + IT > LaVine + Dieng + #7
Anyway, for the sake of discussion let's say we do not sign Hayward. The C's revisit trade talks after free agency and decide they wanna do the trades. Why would Orlando/Minny do them?