Thaddy wrote:Tripod wrote:Thaddy wrote:I wonder if he's viewed as a toxic contract but the rest of the league. If not we should dangle him in the market and see what it would get us.
Yeah. Might be able to get a 20 ppg guy for him.

An expiring contract and some picks would be ideal. He could probably get back a 1st rounder of some sort from a team looking to compete like the Bucks, GSWs, etc.
Bucks aren't giving us Lopez, their only big expiring. Maybe Middleton, and we eat next year, depending on his health status could work. They can only trade their 2031 first.
Warriors I don't see it. They could do a protected first + Melton + Kyle Anderson + Payton JR for Barrett and say Davion Mitchell (replacement of sorts for Payton, but that's very little shooting. You'd probably need to see Kuminga for a shooter happening, and I'm not sure who that is, since they'd have less contracts to move.
Chicago is dumb, maybe they'd do Lonzo + lottery protected first rounder + Javon Carter's ugly final 7M year for Barrett and the PDX pick, but they just traded for Giddey who seems like an ugly fit with Barrett too.
Miami wouldn't give us a first, but if Butler is dealt and they don't wanna rebuild, maybe the 1st from the team getting Butler could go to us for RJ and we take on some ugly money (though no idea who that team would be, Wiggins is playing well, Houston doesn't really have bad money
I think it's going to be very tough to get a first back for RJ. I just don't think raw stats on bad (Knicks RJ) to mediocre (Toronto RJ) efficiency with bad defence really impresses too many teams, and the salary + him not being a plus shooter makes it even tougher. I think he's probably here until he's an expiring contract in 2026-27, and then if he hasn't developed (and who knows, maybe he can, he's improved since he got here and his passing has been good this year) he's an expiring you can trade.