What to do with Jakob Poeltl?

[Chandan]

2 trades:
Yak for Kleber + Morris
Bruce Brown for Lively + Holmes

Deadweight and Lively for Yak and Brown

Does Dallas want to go for it or not?

Dallas is not moving Lively.

weirdly i would if I were the mavs. They gotta put something around Luka soon. And you can do worse than having poeltl as the recipient of luka passes.

[Los_29]

Lively is not being dealt for Bruce Brown. lol.

[Indeed]

Tell me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl without telling me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl…

It will be difficult to find a long-term replacement for Adams’ unique skill set (bruising screener, elite offensive rebounder, solid passer). According to Cole, Jenkins said playing Jaren Jackson Jr. more at center is one option for Memphis going forward, but the team will look at “different avenues” as well.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/02/grizzlies-notes-adams-bane-v-williams-gasol-rose.html


There is a deal to be made there draft night. Kennard’s team option $14m for Poeltl and then some combination of draft swaps/picks.

I doubt Grizzlies wants to get into the tax in 2025-2026 unless we are giving them compensation to take the contract of Poeltl.

[mieshpal]

This. No need to rush anything. The truth is a 20mil dollar player is not a huge contract moving forward. If they can trade him for other assets that make sense, go ahead, but it's not like he's a bad player.

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[ArthurVandelay]

Tell me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl without telling me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl…

It will be difficult to find a long-term replacement for Adams’ unique skill set (bruising screener, elite offensive rebounder, solid passer). According to Cole, Jenkins said playing Jaren Jackson Jr. more at center is one option for Memphis going forward, but the team will look at “different avenues” as well.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/02/grizzlies-notes-adams-bane-v-williams-gasol-rose.html


There is a deal to be made there draft night. Kennard’s team option $14m for Poeltl and then some combination of draft swaps/picks.

I doubt Grizzlies wants to get into the tax in 2025-2026 unless we are giving them compensation to take the contract of Poeltl.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/cap/2025/

With Poeltl they’d have 10 players under contract and nearly $17m until the luxury tax. That is more than workable.

[Indeed]

Tell me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl without telling me the Grizzlies will trade for Poeltl…




https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/02/grizzlies-notes-adams-bane-v-williams-gasol-rose.html


There is a deal to be made there draft night. Kennard’s team option $14m for Poeltl and then some combination of draft swaps/picks.

I doubt Grizzlies wants to get into the tax in 2025-2026 unless we are giving them compensation to take the contract of Poeltl.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/cap/2025/

With Poeltl they’d have 10 players under contract and nearly $17m until the luxury tax. That is more than workable.

7th pick for this year is 5.7m, and with 12m to fill 4 players (2m min contract), there isn't much room for improvement.
I think they are more looking at a C in the 12m range, plus a lockdown defender in the MLE range.

[ArthurVandelay]

I doubt Grizzlies wants to get into the tax in 2025-2026 unless we are giving them compensation to take the contract of Poeltl.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/cap/2025/

With Poeltl they’d have 10 players under contract and nearly $17m until the luxury tax. That is more than workable.

7th pick for this year is 5.7m, and with 12m to fill 4 players (2m min contract), there isn't much room for improvement.
I think they are more looking at a C in the 12m range, plus a lockdown defender in the MLE range.

Room for improvement isn’t really the focus when they get back Ja next season and Bane will also be there. They are a much better team than their current record shows.

Who says they keep the pick? Who says they keep Smart, Clarke, LaRavia, or Roddy?

They have flexibility to do many things. Poeltl could be one of them or what you suggested. But to shut down a Poeltl trade due to the luxury tax isn’t reasonable imo.

[ItsDanger]