zoyathedestroya wrote:djFan71 wrote:Slartibartfast wrote:Everyone hates it, but I'm just going to keep bringing up Cody Zeller. That Kemba connection is well established. Brad can't resist Indiana prodigies. He's effective on both sides of the ball (unlike Tyler). He's low usage. He's paid enough for a team like Charlotte not to want him, but he's not an albatross. We could get him without having to give up any of our best assets. Big downside other than him being boring is his injury history.
As for Drummond, I really don't like how he gets lit up by Embiid and I don't think Detroit can settle to trade him for crap. But for the right deal (basically Hayward if he's good enough to trade but not back to all-star form), yes, he'd be great.
I don't even hate it, just would be surprised if we dumped Kanter/Theis for him, which is min to match salary.
In similarly exciting vein, I could a Theis + 2nd for Taj Gibson deal depending on how each of them do up til the deadline. I'm assuming NYK point with all their contracts was a) ballast for a star trade, b) offload for a pick at deadline, c) let walk for cap space to do it all over next summer.
Taj does (or at least used to) what nobody on our roster really does, so he'd be a nice pickup if he still has it.
ETA: just not enough salary with only Theis, would need to send one other guy.
Are you telling me we're having a hard time coming up with hypothetical in-season trades (without giving up more value than we need to) because we weren't able to sign or swap for a player named Trey D. Ballast during the offseason by being more creative with our cap space ? I AM SHOCKED!
Sure, in hindsight it's easy to see that would have been helpful, but where were you when we could have actually done something about it????
I was wondering about Theis, though. We signed him for more than 175% of his last year's salary. So, that means we used Early Bird rights on him, correct? Which means this all applies.
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#101.
There are two additional circumstances in which a trade requires the player's consent:
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When the player is playing under a one-year contract (excluding any option year) and will have Larry Bird or Early Bird rights at the end of the season.
Theis' 2020-2021 is non-guaranteed, so he's effectively on a one year. So, it seems he still has to consent to a trade even at $5M instead of $9.3M.
