TMS wrote:this trade has zero chance of going down... there's no way we can match $30M worth of salary coming back w/o completely gutting the entire roster, something DW has already said he wouldn't do.
Purely mathematically speaking, yes they can.
The factors are pretty simple.
1.) The 1.25% rule.
2.) Minnesota's proposed involvement as a "facilitator".
3.) The fact that Azubuike's and Curry's contract each come with built in savings.
This would be a basis structure that would allow the Knicks, Denver and Minnesota to make a deal work.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4bsphns
In such a deal, Denver would receive a windfall in salary and luxury tax savings (around $21m)
Minnesota, being under the cap, can absorb Curry's contract, and because it's more than 2/3rd's paid already and the Knicks can include $3m, Minnesota would only being adding $1m+ to their bottom line.
And the only rotation players Knicks would lose are Chandler and Felton and to a lesser degree Walker.
Curry, Azubuike and Randolph are all non-factors.
I'm not saying this deal is at all likely, I'm just pointing out the math is possible.