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NardDogNation
Posts: 27294 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 5/7/2013 Member: #5555 |
6/16/2018 12:21 AM LAST EDITED: 6/16/2018 1:04 AM
I personally think the Wizards would be perfect. They have a bunch of dead money and are particularly vulnerable at the 5 spot (Gortat has beefed with Wall and wants to retire in 2 seasons with the Magic; Mahinmi is useless). They don't seem to value first round picks and have traded a number of them in the recent past (to the Nets in the Bogdanovic trade; to acquire Markieff Morris).
Washington has the 15th pick this year and $25 million in dead money between Ian Mahinmi ($16 million per), Jason Smith ($5.5 million) and Jodie Meeks ($3.5 million). If we were to replace a fraction of that money with Kyle O'Quinn and a trade exception, I think the Wizards would be willing to give up that 15th pick. It'd give them a little breathing room under the tax and provide them a capable ball player at a position of need. https://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/7068042 I used Kanter as a proxy for O'Quinn to simulate the trade but this is a way we could make the deal work. O'Quinn's starting salary would have to be $15 million at minimum (a gross overpay) BUT that is $1 million cheaper than Mahinmi AND saves the Wizards $9 million next season (not including tax). And O'Quinn's deal could be front-loaded, so that it decreases dramatically for however long it lasts. That would make him cheaper than Mahinmi in the short and long-term WITH significantly better play. We'd get the 15th pick AND I'd demand the Cavs swap the 8th for the 9th pick for it to make sense from that perspective. We'd increase our payroll by $6 million but JR Smith's contract expires before Hardaway's, which should be a major incentive. We move up slightly in the draft, acquire another first round pick, and exchange long-term commitment for shorter (more pricery) termed commitments which are exactly the types of things that a rebuilding team should look to be doing. |
BigRedDog
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6/17/2018 11:12 AM
Bag of donuts?
Briggs-- Frank is 2 yrs away from being 2 years away
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ccinflushing
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6/17/2018 2:23 PM
Sorry .. is assed even a word?
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reub
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6/17/2018 3:22 PM
O'Quinn will be a Knick this year. He and Kanter will make a combined 200 threes for us too.
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