MHZ wrote:ATL Boy wrote:I'm glad we're connected with the Faried and #14 rumors. I'm not interested in giving them #19 for such a trade, but I'd give them #30.
#30 for Faried (salary dump) and #14. Package 19 and 14 to move into the top 10. Come out of the draft with Bamba and Trae Young.
I think the Nuggets have a smidge more leverage than most give them credit for. There's already reporting from Michael Scotto that Brooklyn is dangling 29+Dinwiddie and offering to take a large expiring salary back to get into the mid-first. According to Michael Cunningham on the LO Hawks pod, Atlanta also wants an expiring deal. There aren't a ton of those out there for those teams who are also willing to move their picks.
I think Atlanta would probably have to part with 19 to get it done, or add a player to 30 who's paid minimally but helps. Depending on who's there at 14 (the variable that's unknown) I think they would, too. It'll come down to who's on the board, who likely will be on the board at 19, and if there's a guy you have to move up to get. Faried becomes a positive trade chip at the deadline too. It's not like they'd be taking back Ian Mahimni.
30 alone won't get it done if the Nuggets can get 29 and a good backup PG for next year, which fits a need.
Going to be interesting!
More power to you if yall get that deal, but taking on Faried's big expiring contract in exchange for moving up 5 spots doesn't seem like a savvy move by the Hawks unless, like you suggested, there's someone who falls to 14 that we're just in love with, who probably won't be there at 14. Maybe if Schlenk really likes someone like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or if someone like Wendell Carter unexpectedly falls, but those are some big ifs. I'm ready to just stand pat if 19 is a requirement.
