Like, imagine the Celtics needing to dump Crowder for Hayward money. Give them a future 1st and no salary to take back
— Pelicans Podcaster (@SilverAndMac) June 22, 2017
This tweet makes me wonder. We dump QPon and Ajinca, and we stretch Asik, and we open up a good deal of cap space. While everyone is fighting over the superstars, why don't we take the good role players that are being dumped for cap space?
Guys like Crowder, Beverly, D. Green, etc... These are guys that could fill out our roster and make major impacts on good contracts. Obviously, our first play is to go after Paul George, but it's not a likely scenario that plays out in our favor. If we see that failing, we need to be able to switch gears quickly, and I think this is the play. Open up space, absorb the good role players on the cheap.