Originally Posted by
MichaelMcNamara
The ideal would be someone with 2-3 years left on the rookie deal that we dont have to pay big money to until the cap goes up with the new TV deal, as Zion and BIs deals are locked in at what will be a crazy good value. And while it sounds crazy that a team would trade one of those guys, the Kings already traded Haliburton, we trade Buddy after one year, the Hawks traded Reddish, etc. What if you could get in on a Maxey trade, where the Sixers were getting the star and instead of Maxey the other team wanted to be bad and also take the Lakers picks? Something like:
Sixers get: Mitchell, Graham and Hayes
Jazz get: Kira, Tobias Harris, Sixers picks and Lakers picks
Pels get: Maxey and Korkmaz
Morey dont care about fit, just gets stars. Jazz do a Gobert trade after this and totally rebuild. Pels get another dog, another long term piece who also makes them better now. Yeah, we couldve just drafted Maxey, but oh well. This one would be tough for me, but if I could get CJ to accept a modest 1-2 year extension, I would do it and then plan on paying Maxey big in 3 years. Maxey-Daniels-Trey-BI-Herb-Zion core long term that also can win big in the immediate. I think I would