hugepatsfan wrote:Salary dump Hauser into a TPE/MLE
Trade Porzingis to ORL for WCJ (anything else they send gets dumped or rerouted elsewhere)
Trade Jrue to DAL or SAC in a deal that nets Klay Thompson and reroutes everyone else to other teams
That gets you under the tax next year (25-26) with Tatum out and I think you can do it without giving up any future 1sts. It leaves you over the tax for 26-27 (how much so depends on exactly where our pick lands), but with a $17M expiring Klay Thompson on the books that's pretty easy to maneuver with. You have Tatum coming back to a top 5 unit of:
Pritchard / White / Brown / Tatum / WCJ
plus Schierman, this year's draft picks, next year's draft picks (which should be mid 1st, maybe lottery even), whatever return you get for Klay Thompson's expiring dela (ok to include future picks again with Tatum back), and then you'd be a pretty attractive vet min destination too. If they've drafted well, that should be a "puncher chance" type of team for him to come back to. And the tax would be reset.
That sets you up to go back to totally championship focused again in 27-28. Spending power completely reloaded with repeater tax rates avoided. Hopefully some young players to use in trades. Flexibility to go back to attaching future picks in deals.
Make it PJ and that’s what I posted a few days ago. Obviously easier with Klay, but I think Jrue holds enough value to get PJ instead with Dallas figuring out their own balance beyond that.
Thats a good team still next year and a great landing spot for JT to return to, esp if you can keep PJ. I’m okay with the Klay version though if that’s the best we can do, cuz as we’ve all said he can be flipped with a pick later. Just gotta be greedy first.
