re: Need to get rid of Asik and make a run at Deandre Jordan

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Get this idea out of your head right now. Going after any $20 million player besides a superstar like KD isnt' worth the cost. To clear that much cap space you have to let Asik walk, drop the MLE, Ajinca's bird righta and Gordon.

DeAndre Jordon or Goran Dragic
vs
Asik/Gordon/Ajinca/Gerald Green

It is not nearly as simple as "replacing" Asik with Jordan. And that's assuming you can dump Gordon. If you can't dump Gordon then you have to dump Tyreke or Ryno and since they make less than Gordon you'd have to sacrifice Cole and Pondexter as well.

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While I tend to agree for the most part, let me play around on the other side.

Demps is fantastic at getting 7th, 8th, 9th men out of thin air. If you can get a stud, why not go get him and trust Dell to do it again.

Let's say you let Asik walk and can find a suitor for Gordon where you get nothing back, and that's how you land Jordan. Then, you just have the Room Exception after that. You would have

Jrue/Cole
Reke/
Q-Pon/
AD/Ryno
Jordan/

You would have the 56th pick, the Room Exception and minimum deals to fill out the roster. Not ideal, but at that point you trust in Dell to eventually work his magic and fill out spots 8-10 by February at the latest.

Again, not saying I am 100% on board with this plan, but I can make the argument.