jtrinaldi wrote:So the Hawks don't want any future contracts coming back, while the Nets are offering Brooke and Hump for Smith, which total cap figure is close to 50 million. I think we are in the driver seat here, if Atlanta plans on maxing out Dwight in the offseason.
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Same reason I don't think Hawks will deal him to Knicks or Celtics. I feel like Hawks will want Pierce, a young asset, and a draft pick, and the Celtics won't bite on that. They'll try to offer something built around Jeff Green, but his contract is too much.
Same goes with the Knicks offer of Shump and Amare. Amare = way too much money for Atlanta.
That's why the Monta + some other stuff - Josh Smith deal makes the most sense. At the very worst, Monta opts in and they have an 11 million expiring contract next year. If he doesn't opt in, they clear his cap space and have a lot of money to go after Dwight/Bynum/Jefferson/CP3, etc.
And I honestly hope that we make a move for him. I'd much rather overpay him than another Drew Gooden/John Salmons kinda guy, and I guarantee that if we don't overpay someone like Josh Smith, we will absolutely overpay another role player.