re: Non-AD-Trade Moves in FA

Boston is over the cap and has to match salaries in a trade, so even if we send them Hill, we still dont open up much cap room..

That is one advantage with dealing with LA is they can absorb AD and Hill into cap room, so if we really wanted we could do a straight up AD and Hill for draft picks swap with them

Talk is he's a ball hog. Pels will be at its best with ball movement. Also, will he fit within "the new Pels Culture"? If so, It's worth consideration.

If I can move Hill in the AD trade, I do it if it clears cap space for us (really the only reason I would love to send AD to LA)

Then I go after Russel or Brogdon in free agency, and still have alot of money left over to take on another contract for future pick(s)..

Washington would probably be willing to throw a 2020 top 5 protected 1st to dump Mahinmi, so a realistic deal with LA looking at the big picture could end up looking like:

LAL: AD, Hill
CHI: Ball
WAS:2025 2nd top 55 protected (because we have to send something)
NOP: Brogdon/Russel, Ingram, Hart, Carter, Mahinmi, #4, 2020 Wash 1st, 21 LA 1st

Quite the haul if you take a broader perspective relative to looking at JUST what we recieve from LA

Brogdon would definitely be our starter in that situation

Why go for flexibility in 3-4 years when you can make moves now and have a DAMN good team while still having alot of flexibility?

Signing Russel does not hinder any kind of flexibility for the future, next year we would have the cap space to offer a max deal to someone (assuming we let Ingram walk)

Having a playoff team and plenty of cap space is what every GM dreams of

I don’t think Carter or Mark is on the table for a Chicago offer. Lavine has been mentioned, but i don’t think they send young assets for taking on Ball. Plus I think they would want the #4 and a pick swap so they could go after a shooting guard replacement like Culver. So we would end getting #7 instead.

I sound like a broken record, but my #1 target in the trade market is Aaron Gordon. For free agency my prime gets are Satoransky, Sefolosha, and KOQ.

What is so hard to comprehend that if we trade with Boston they have to March salaries, and we would not open up any cap space?

To open any cap space trading with Boston, we would have to use one of those assets to move Hill, or move Moore without taking anything back..

Otherwise we will be going into free agency with about 13-15 million in cap

That's kind of my ideal, semi-realistic offseason. I'm a big Beverley fan, but if that's how it goes, I'd avoid him and just hold on to Moore. I know he goes largely unspoken of here, but E'Twuan is still a VERY efficient 3pt shooter, so I think he'd be more helpful than Beverley in the event that Brogdon/Tatum got hurt. If we head into 20/21 without cap space, I think Moore will be a good option as a reasonably priced #4 guard.

But Tatum, Smart, Mempis pick, Brogdon, and Dedmon/Oquinn would be awesome. A future asset, good young players, and a competent big. I wouldn't invest too much in another big in that situation because I could easily see Tatum/Zion as our frontcourt to finish most games.

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hold on to Moore

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No way I part with Moore unless we trade for or sign at least two career 39%+ 3P shooters.