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Pick a Salary Dump Trade

You are forced to do one of these deals. Which trade do you do?

  • Trade 1

    Votes: 7 25.9%

  • Trade 2

    Votes: 12 44.4%

  • Trade 3

    Votes: 3 11.1%

  • Trade 4

    Votes: 5 18.5%
  • Total voters
    27
infection said:
I would be open to trading #28 to LA for them to drop the protections and give us a couple seconds.
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I'd be open to that... not sure LA is but maybe they see the next Austin Reaves available at #28 and want to roll.
 
KqWIN said:
ATL , GSW, ATL again don't do these deals imo.
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I think Atlanta is in a world of hurt and I disagree... but fine. Jalen Johnson emerging and playing well plus being $10M over the tax already right now... and with extensions for Murray and Okongwu for next year.... They are out of runway and dude has been on the market for literally years. They gonna settle.

GS would end up saving like $120M+ in the deal over 2 years. To move down 9 spots and move on from a guy that is like 8th or 9th on the depth chart. Maybe they find a taker for Poole but that contract looks real rough.
 
i like 2, but i also like collins and think he may have a poor man's lauriesque leap in him in the right situation with the right coach. and when i say poor man's lauriesque leap. i mean, all he does is regain his 2nd and 3rd year form where he gives you an ultra efficient 20+ ppg and 10 rpg and hardy gets him playing some defense. and having another mid-first at #15 in this draft where the mid first is the strength of the draft, would be very nice.

in Collins third season he averaged 22 and 10 on 66% TS. that is elite, all-star caliber production. not unreasonable to think a change of scenery can get him back to a place he has already been.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
i like 2, but i also like collins and think he may have a poor man's lauriesque leap in him in the right situation with the right coach. and when i say poor man's lauriesque leap. i mean, all he does is regain his 2nd and 3rd year form where he gives you an ultra efficient 20+ ppg and 10 rpg and hardy gets him playing some defense. and having another mid-first in this draft where the mid first is the strength of the draft, would be very nice.

in Collins third season he averaged 22 and 10 on 66% TS. that is elite, all-star caliber production. not unreasonable to think a change of scenery can get him back to a place he has already been.
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His defense is good... shockingly that isn't the problem. Its that his shot failed him and his role on Atlanta is to hang out in the corner. If his shot turns or he gets revived in a new role I could see his value popping back up.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
His defense is good... shockingly that isn't the problem. Its that his shot failed him and his role on Atlanta is to hang out in the corner. If his shot turns or he gets revived in a new role I could see his value popping back up.
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exactly. he was a 40% 3pt shooter in his third season. change of coach, scheme, offense, it's not at all far fetched to think he could get back to that place.
 
My thoughts are that we need to move up in this draft and Hendicks is the most interesting player in the draft for me.

We need UPSIDE players and I think he has the most upside in the lottery. Mikal Bridges is my comp for him. Lanky, rail thin, defensive minded, versatile player. I think he compliments the team well and whatever needs to be done to move up a few picks, I think it's the right choice. If that means a trade like the one above fetching us the Mavs pick and trading the 10th and 16th for the 6th, I think that's a deal for everyone involved.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think Atlanta is in a world of hurt and I disagree... but fine. Jalen Johnson emerging and playing well plus being $10M over the tax already right now... and with extensions for Murray and Okongwu for next year.... They are out of runway and dude has been on the market for literally years. They gonna settle.

GS would end up saving like $120M+ in the deal over 2 years. To move down 9 spots and move on from a guy that is like 8th or 9th on the depth chart. Maybe they find a taker for Poole but that contract looks real rough.
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OK, you're making arguments that these teams need to save money but hardly anything about the trades themselves. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

I don't doubt that ATL wants to get rid of salary, just doesn't seem like an ideal trade for them. This goes for all draft day deals, but it has to be really really good because it eliminates any kind of alternative they might in the summer. I don't look at this deal as one that's so good they have to do it and forgo all their other options. With a new coach and FO, they might not even want to go with a different direction. They don't need Kelly, and I think the guy they should really think about trading is Capela. They already have the younger player who needs to be extended and might already be better than him. Capela also likely has more value and they might even be able to get something for him on his current deal. If there is a Collins salary dump in the future, I would expect it to be during FA and executed with the 2024 pick they own from Sacramento.

I also don't doubt that GSW wants to shed some money, but I don't think they will have a problem finding a suitor for GP2. It should take a couple seconds max, and they have that. Tbh I would take GP2 on his contract right now for free. He's a good player. They also might not not need to dump him if they plan on moving Poole, which feels likely. Again, this just doesn't seem like a knockout deal where they should forgo any future options to get it done. They could go a different direction with how they want to cut salary and even if GP2 is the guy they decide they need to shed they still have the means to dump him later in the offseason.
 
I chose number 2 but I also like number 3 alot.

I dont like number 1 at all and number 4 is just a mess.
 
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