babyjax13 wrote:Xman wrote:About a third of the league cannot trade 1sts.
The teams sitting on those picks are not interested (OKC, Utah, Hou, MEM, NO) [I know Hou was listed as interested but I am sooooo hoping that is just bad info].
That is why some rumors keep popping up: BOS due to the TPE, Turner at Indy, Minny due to the large need at pf, DEN since ORL needs SF and Barton is spare.
Just like Dipo in Houston - cannot get an offer for fair value.
Utah can't trade a first until 2026 until the pick owed to Memphis is conveyed. People are suggesting we can just include a pick that 'conveys 2 years after Utah's first is conveyed to Memphis', but pretty sure that is dissallowed in the bylaws, otherwise we'd see it already. If we had a pick and matching salary (regret trading Ed Davis and Tony Bradley just b/c of the potential salary matching) Gordon would be great for us. But realistically we signed Ilyasova to sure up our defense at power forward (historically he's had good advance metrics on that end) and are more likely to be looking at cheap wing defenders.
A "two years after" pick is allowed. One example is the KP trade, which was made when the Mavs still owed the Hawks a pick for Luka. They had to set up the protections to ensure that the second pick could be settled no later than the 7th future draft, in 2025.
The bigger issue for you guys specifically is that with Don and Rudy locked up on max deals, the league simply doesn't expect your firsts to be very appealing in the first place.
Matching salary in your case would be Bojan. This swap would help your defense at the expense of your shooting. But Bojan is 6 years older than Gordon and wouldn't want to be around a rebuild in Orlando any more than Gordon does. That and a 2024 1st expected to be late, is not a high bar for a rival team to clear.