Jaxson Hayes will not be on this team long term, and has as good of a chance being traded in the next few months as he does being on the roster come training camp. His agent is seeking stupid money and he is not the most mature guy in the world, making him a non ideal 'people' fit for what Griff is building. The hope is to attach him to Temple and/or Graham and get something back that is usuable while also opening up some cap and roster flexibility. Some things to know first:
- Pels are at 15 roster spots, without EJ. While they could give him a two-way and he would accept, it would still be nice to have an open roster spot come March at the latest
- Pels will be about 2.6 million under the lux tax after Daniels signs. Pels will not pay lux tax this year. Future years, for sure. This year, it wont happen
- Temple has 1 year and 5.15 mil on his deal (with a non guaranteed 5.4 mil the following year)
- Hayes has 6.8 on his deal this year and will get a QO of around 7 mil next year (since he wont qualify for starters criteria)
- Graham basically has 11.5 this year, 12.1 next year, and then 2.8 of his 12.6 is guaranteed in 2024-25
With that said, here are some theoretical targets that would be legal and viable. Feel free to add your own to the thread:
Hayes Plus Temple (12 mil going out, have to take back a min of 7 mil, a max of 17 mil)
- Josh Richardson
- Terrance Ross
- Jordan Clarkson
- Luke Kennard
- KCP
- Doug McDermott
- Kelly Oubre
- Kelly Olynyk
- Alec Burks
- Nerlens Noel
- Mason Plumlee
Hayes Plus Graham (19 mil going out, have to take 14 mil back, a max of 24 mil coming in)
- Will Barton
- K Huerter
- Malik Beasley
- Duncan Robinson
- Evan Fournier
- Bogdan Bogdanovic
- Harrison Barnes
- Bojan Bogdanovic
- Tim Hardaway, Jr
Hayes plus Graham plus Temple (24 mil going out, have to take back 19 mil, a max of 31 back)
- Can combine any two from the first list or one from the bottom of the first list and one from top of 2nd (example - Barton and Plumlee in a 3 teamer)
- Nerlens Noel and Alec Burks from the Knicks is a great 3-for-2 for both teams IMO
- Galinari
- Brogdon
- Kevin Love