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Charlotte trades/MIL receives Dwight Howard, rights to swap future 1st with Milwaukee (CHA pick top 8 protected, otherwise a pair of 2nds)
Milwaukee trades/CHA receives Jabari Parker (S&T- 4 years $71.4M (2 years $37.5M guaranteed), $19.2M / $18.3M / $17.4M / $16.5M - final two years only guaranteed if Parker meets required amount of games played in each previous season)

Milwaukee gets a much needed 1-year upgrade at center and potentially upgrade a future 1st, sending out someone who isn't in their future plans.
Charlotte takes a risk on a productive forward with upside but an extensive injury history. Hornets are forced to pay a bit more per year than I would've hoped due to having to match salary with Howard's deal. But just a two-year guarantee at that price makes it a worthwhile gamble that the Hornets can abandon in 2020 or 2021 if Parker continues to have knee trouble. A follow up trade sending out Marvin Williams, Jeremy Lamb, Frank Kaminsky, Nic Batum, or a combination is probably necessary given how saturated we'd be at positions 2-4 but a Marvin trade shouldn't be difficult.

Jabari's agent probably tells him to play on the tender before he agrees to that contract. Otherwise the value is fine. Frankly, if Jabari agrees to that contract, it should concern the Hornets if they're throwing in a pick swap.

jbk1234 wrote:Jabari's agent probably tells him to play on the tender before he agrees to that contract. Otherwise the value is fine. Frankly, if Jabari agrees to that contract, it should concern the Hornets if they're throwing in a pick swap.

no way a player with Jabari's injury history takes a $7.3M qualifying offer over $37.5M guaranteed over two years. That's way too big a risk.

As it is, I'm not sure anybody would've paid him more than $20M this summer, as I believe his value is in the $12-16M range.

But to make it more fair to Jabari, what about knocking off that last year. 19.2/18.3 guaranteed, then a third year for $17.4M if he's played enough games. That way if Parker stays healthy, he's signed on for three years $55M and gets to hit FA again when he's 26 and 4 years removed from the injuries.

I'm not sure how Milwaukee just adds a $25 million a year player.

I hear conflicting reports every other day about if Bucks actually want Parker but considering they offered 3yr $64M in the fall before Parker even came back and he looked alright since he's returned (he's been bad in playoffs but still physically looks alright) I'd figure they'd keep him on a deal like this. If they don't then I think they could find a more attractive S&T offer but this one isn't terrible. That pick swap has a fairly wide range of possible value and Howard fills a hole but I'm not certain if Bucks will feel confident with that since he only has a year remaining. While that is good cause he is on a big deal if he leaves the Bucks are still over the cap and don't have any easy way to get a strong replacement.