MNPacersfan wrote:Scoot McGroot wrote:MNPacersfan wrote:Memphis is in the tax right now. Jeff Green is a fit for Indy and it would seem that they can cover his minutes with Wright and Barnes.
Not a bad target, at all. I imagine that Memphis would still like an asset for Green, though. Barnes is a pure SF. Wright can play PF/C. But Green still fills a need for them.
He sort of fills a need, but he's swinging from 3-4 right now as a bench guy making over $9mill. They can cover for his loss. I think that the question would be who would they want in exchange. I'm not sure they would want Ian, or Hill... I'm assuming that the lower luxury tax, a large TPE and draft considerations would be more valuable than any of the players that Indy would/could include. They can use the TPE to add another body later that fills a specific need and they can brush right up against the tax line, but stay under it and collect their distro $$.
I'm sorry. I looked at it wrong. Basketball Insiders.com was using last year's tax line on their list. Memphis is actually looking to be around $4m UNDER the tax line.
