Prokorov wrote:Netaman wrote:Or we could just hope the TWolves don't make the playoffs (not impossible) and then offer him a max deal and hope he comes here.
Since he's 29 years old and there's a ton of other good FA out there, there may not be teams lining up around the corner for him. Kind of like Milsap a couple years ago.
He's a guy you may be able to get by simply being the highest bidder since his age makes it a somewhat risky proposition. It's hard to envision the TWolves being in sell mode at the deadline, though it's not hard to see them having a season without much progression and being weary of offering Butler the max.
its much better to trade for butler, because then we can add 3 max guys instead of 2...
Butlers caphold is 19.1 Million next year. if we move crabbe and RHJ for him that actually frees up 7 million in cap we need to get 2 max slots. it also puts bulter in place already to recruit kyrie his best buddy and whoever else (Klay? Kahwi?)
Yeah if you're getting him for peanuts in a basketball trade without significant futures, sure. But why would Thibs do that trade? Any 1 of a dozen playoff teams beats that trade easily. Any realistic trade is including first round picks along with low cost young talent like Allen or Levert.
