Alright, so here's my question:
What are the odds that Jabari can give you most of what Harris can give you? I can't help but feel there's a bit of a recency bias at play here. Rewind two years and ask this question, and Tobias hasn't shot up everyone's list, just as Jabari hasn't dropped so far down. Now, obviously more information is better than less, and handicapping that evaluation by saying "ignore the last two years" is fairly short sighted, but what are the chances that the course of the last two years will remain static (or at least trend in the same direction) with both those guys? Are we looking at finished products, or is there more variability to come? There are certain reservations I'd have about Tobias, but if you told me today we'd have the chance to get him, I'd take it in a heartbeat. No beef about getting him. But Jabari is the ultimate buy-low guy, and right now Harris is a buy-high guy (you have to max him). There have been some stupid comments Jabari has made, but by all accounts he's a good teammate and guys like him. Why not put our culture to test that DL raves so much about? I see him very easily being able to put up 20 ppg with us. His defense isn't good, but neither is Harris'. If ever there's a position for Jabari to succeed, it's here and now. The personnel downside to picking up Harris is that he's your off-season -- you jettison some guys and use up all your flexibility just to obtain him.
My plan would be go hard at Conley. Hard. You then operate over the cap. You could argue Jabari gets above the MLE, but if we offered a 3 year deal on the MLE, with a 3rd year player option, that puts him in a situation where he knows he's starting, knows he's needed, is in a great environment, a familiar place where he has a house, and allows him to rehab his career and brand for two years and then opt out. I think Conley/Jabari is the closest we get to the dream off-season of Conley/Harris.
Hell, even if we just used our capspace to land Jabari and Beverley/Caruso, I'd rate that as a good off-season. I know the Favors analytics darlings wouldn't like that, but it balances our needs out significantly. Unfortunately, I think the FO is in the Favors analytics darling camp.