Suns need want a true stretch 4 and the likelihood of re-signing Dragic or truly moving from 8th seed to contender will be hard to do with all the money invested in their current undersized triad backcourt.
Pelicans need to seriously build depth, reduce salary and build around Anthony Davis. They are the 3rd highest payroll in the league.
I would prefer to keep Burke, who is excelling as a back-up and could be re-signed for a back-up price. I also think Kanter is finally getting it or getting close, but dollars and cents might keep him from re-signing.
https://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mkmy759
Therefore:
Suns get Ryan Anderson -- one of the top stretch 4s in the league and perfect for their offense; Since Suns like stockpiling picks, they get two of Utah's future 2nd rounders.
Pelicans get Dragic, Kanter, and Burke. Dragic is at least equal to Holiday, if not better. Kanter could back-up both Davis and Asik or have quite a future starting next to Davis. I think he fits better into NO offense than Anderson. Burke is a back-up upgrade over Jimmer and an insurance policy if Dragic leaves in free agency. Only negatives for NO is Kanter is RFA and Dragic could be UFA so they could lose or have to overpay both.
Utah gets Jrue Holiday and Miles Plumlee. Holiday is a starting, all-star caliber PG on a reasonable contract with years remaining. He instantly upgrades Utah's starting 5. Utah also gets Miles Plumlee who becomes the back-up big man for Gobert and Favors. He wants to leave the Suns and they are looking for a first-rounder, but maybe 2-2nds or the Warriors pick which will be #29 or #30 will do it.
Good deal?
Pelicans need to seriously build depth, reduce salary and build around Anthony Davis. They are the 3rd highest payroll in the league.
I would prefer to keep Burke, who is excelling as a back-up and could be re-signed for a back-up price. I also think Kanter is finally getting it or getting close, but dollars and cents might keep him from re-signing.
https://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mkmy759
Therefore:
Suns get Ryan Anderson -- one of the top stretch 4s in the league and perfect for their offense; Since Suns like stockpiling picks, they get two of Utah's future 2nd rounders.
Pelicans get Dragic, Kanter, and Burke. Dragic is at least equal to Holiday, if not better. Kanter could back-up both Davis and Asik or have quite a future starting next to Davis. I think he fits better into NO offense than Anderson. Burke is a back-up upgrade over Jimmer and an insurance policy if Dragic leaves in free agency. Only negatives for NO is Kanter is RFA and Dragic could be UFA so they could lose or have to overpay both.
Utah gets Jrue Holiday and Miles Plumlee. Holiday is a starting, all-star caliber PG on a reasonable contract with years remaining. He instantly upgrades Utah's starting 5. Utah also gets Miles Plumlee who becomes the back-up big man for Gobert and Favors. He wants to leave the Suns and they are looking for a first-rounder, but maybe 2-2nds or the Warriors pick which will be #29 or #30 will do it.
Good deal?