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Exum deals... Assuming we want to move him for expiring salary. All of these deals assume that the acquirer think Exum has some potential/upside and just needs a different opportunity.
1- Atlanta - this makes the most sense. They believe in their development program... they have lots of space and can't take on enough salary dumps to fill all that space. I would hope to send Exum and TB (or just Exum) for Lin. I am not sure if they would require a different sweetner. I'm not sending a first, but I'd be willing to send a second... and the draft rights to Ante Tomic are all their if the want them. It might save them some money this year. They are above the salary floor this year, but next year may struggle to find good use of their space up to the floor. Getting him now would mean the development staff get an offseason to work with him.
2- Cleveland - Our old business partners. In the Delly-Henson/Hill deal they took on serious salary... for a pretty mediocre first (lots of protections and a few years into the future). They have been willing to eat salary for draft compensation. So we send Dante/Thabo and a second for JR Smith... who has a contract next year that is only $4M guaranteed. This would have to involve a 3rd team imo... but in its simplest form we could waive and stretch his salary for next year. If we were to waive him he may also reduce this year and next year's guarantee to pick his destination... so maybe he knocks a couple million off the guarantee for next year. I'm not sure on the waive and stretch rules if you buy a guy out or release him... there are some three team deals I think could work. (like maybe the clips and Gallo)
3- Chicago... if they just want to be done with Jabari and are willing to add some salary next year to do it. They might like Exum... although Dunn is a better version of Dante imo. Salary matching is tough... would likely be Exum/Thabo/TB. I highly doubt Chicago has any interest.
There are some others where we could take back more useful players that have contracts and there are some that I think we'd have to be pretty desperate to do.
I don't think management is looking to move him or dump his contract though.
Just to get @infection fired up...
Utah sends Dante, Favs, TB
Utah gets: Gallo and Beverly
Cleveland sends JR Smith
Cleveland gets Dante and TB
Clips send Gallo and Beverly
Clips get Smith and Favs (they can waive and stretch Smith and it's a cap hit of 1.3M) So saves them $20M or so next year.
We'd have to send draft compensation, maybe even a heavily protected first that converts to two seconds, to Clips in this scenario, but I think Cleveland gets a fair deal.
1- Atlanta - this makes the most sense. They believe in their development program... they have lots of space and can't take on enough salary dumps to fill all that space. I would hope to send Exum and TB (or just Exum) for Lin. I am not sure if they would require a different sweetner. I'm not sending a first, but I'd be willing to send a second... and the draft rights to Ante Tomic are all their if the want them. It might save them some money this year. They are above the salary floor this year, but next year may struggle to find good use of their space up to the floor. Getting him now would mean the development staff get an offseason to work with him.
2- Cleveland - Our old business partners. In the Delly-Henson/Hill deal they took on serious salary... for a pretty mediocre first (lots of protections and a few years into the future). They have been willing to eat salary for draft compensation. So we send Dante/Thabo and a second for JR Smith... who has a contract next year that is only $4M guaranteed. This would have to involve a 3rd team imo... but in its simplest form we could waive and stretch his salary for next year. If we were to waive him he may also reduce this year and next year's guarantee to pick his destination... so maybe he knocks a couple million off the guarantee for next year. I'm not sure on the waive and stretch rules if you buy a guy out or release him... there are some three team deals I think could work. (like maybe the clips and Gallo)
3- Chicago... if they just want to be done with Jabari and are willing to add some salary next year to do it. They might like Exum... although Dunn is a better version of Dante imo. Salary matching is tough... would likely be Exum/Thabo/TB. I highly doubt Chicago has any interest.
There are some others where we could take back more useful players that have contracts and there are some that I think we'd have to be pretty desperate to do.
I don't think management is looking to move him or dump his contract though.
Just to get @infection fired up...
Utah sends Dante, Favs, TB
Utah gets: Gallo and Beverly
Cleveland sends JR Smith
Cleveland gets Dante and TB
Clips send Gallo and Beverly
Clips get Smith and Favs (they can waive and stretch Smith and it's a cap hit of 1.3M) So saves them $20M or so next year.
We'd have to send draft compensation, maybe even a heavily protected first that converts to two seconds, to Clips in this scenario, but I think Cleveland gets a fair deal.