I think we need a defensively sufficient 3/4 to try to slow Kawhi/LeBron/PG/etc.
Westbrook is one of the 5 worst contracts so there is no need to give picks (Bam and Herro should be enough compensation). Also, why would OKC want Utah to be involved in this trade? Is the idea that they want Exum more than Winslow? That doesn't make much sense given the number of guards coming back in the proposed trade.
Luc would be a great option, IMO. See how he does coming back from that injury, and he might give us some great defensive presence. Tony Jones believes there isn't a chance that Carter would come. Not sure why. I don't think he's cited "sources" on that.
I think that’s Tony’s opinion. But I would concur that I don’t see the FO making the move, even though it’s a huge PR win (and I don’t mean PR with the fans, I mean PR with the league and players and rebranding Utah). What was Luc’s injury?
You would have to trade Ingles plus another player or players. That would hurt. You lose some shooting and playmaking. But Orlando is known to offload talent if they can save money and get a pick.
Pick swaps, and future picks. Seems that OKC just wants picks and savings. Long term picks (2025 and 2027 maybe) actually fit OKC better since they have all those soon upcoming LAC and Miami picks.
Also Lance Thomas and Corey Brewer. Thomas is a solid defender
If we didn't have Exum's contract, it's very likely that we would have paid more for the contracts of Bojan ($20+ instead of $17), Davis ($6+ instead of room MLE), Mudiay, etc. Some might could consider that Exum's contract helped us.
Lyles is out shopping for the team with the shortest practices.
I’m talking about offloading him into cap space. If he can be as good as everyone says, this should be easy. If it requires an asset (two second rounders), then fine. If nobody bites on him + 2 second rounders, we should be asking ourselves some serious questions. Here are guys we could have had if he was moved to cap space:
