re: Offseason player trade rumors thread

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This is a trade Washington wants to make with Bradley Beal in mind, creating some salary cap flexibility for the future to add talent around him, sources tell ESPN. The idea of returning to his Los Angeles roots has been appealing to Westbrook.

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Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Toronto and New Orleans are known to be interested in unrestricted free-agent center Zach Collins, sources said.

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Bryn Forbes parted ways with Milwaukee after not playing in the last three games of the Finals, and league sources said the Brooklyn Nets are believed to be a leading candidate for him. Other teams to keep an eye on: Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas and New Orleans.

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Bryn Forbes, Bucks (player option): $5,443,739
Bryn Forbes has proven to be a situational playoff player, with his usefulness dependent on the Bucks’ opponent in a given series. Regardless, he’s sure to make more than his $2.45 million player option salary for next season, and so opting out seems like a no-brainer. If so, it seems likely he’ll have a new home. The Bucks can only pay him $2.8 million without dipping into exception money, and Forbes can probably command a bigger deal than that after shooting 45.2 percent on 3s for a conference champion.

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JaMychal Green, Nuggets (player option): $5,276,257

JaMychal Green has a player option for $7.6 million next season, leaving him with a tough decision that likely depends more on years than the money. One presumes Green’s general market is likely the same range as it was a year ago, but the 31-year-old would probably like to lock in more than one year at this point.

Green’s value to the Nuggets is pretty clear: He shot 39.9 percent from 3 while toggling between the four and five and did a solid job on the boards. If he opts out, the question is whether the Nuggets can afford to bring back both him and Millsap (above); and if not, which one they would pick.

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Doug McDermott, Pacers: $7,947,236
Shooting never goes out of style, and Doug McDermott made 38.8 percent of his 3s last season, which is why he’s likely to have a lot of interest around the MLE. McDermott is also a canny cutter who really weaponizes his 3-point threat with his off-ball movement, shooting 64.1 percent on shots inside the arc and displaying particularly good chemistry with Domantas Sabonis.

Indiana has full Bird rights on McDermott but has a tight squeeze under the luxury tax if it wants to keep both him and T.J. McConnell; in the absence of a trade, the Pacers will likely have to choose one or the other. If it’s not the Pacers, expect several teams to have interest in McDermott with the full MLE.

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