I don't know the new rules but can we even do it as part of a multi-team deal? If so, maybe someone would put up enough picks to get Milwaukee interested but no way are they going to want to go from Giannis to Devin unless GA has started breaking down.
Yeah… Giannis would have to demand out and raise a stink to get this kind of thing going.
That's how we got Royce. It involved Memphis, Nets and us. I think the key is we just can't aggregated the salary portion of the deal.
I thought the 2nd apron limitations became even tougher for us this year?
Yep. And Book would probably not be enough.
It is interesting, because if he did that AND they are under the second apron restrictions, they would be very limited in what they could trade for. Young stars don't have big enough contracts to make it work. They would have to take back a youngish star and as many picks as they could get.
I think you are correct it's tougher. It says "Teams above the second apron cannot combine multiple players' salaries into trades." I am no cap/2nd Apron expert but it would seem to me that as long as the trade pieces between the Bucks and Suns matched (Giannis for KD) it might still be legal. If you say send another player (Grayson to a 3rd team) and in return that team sent assets to the Bucks it could work because that part of the transaction would be with that 3rd team and not the Bucks.
Oh man… that would make sense. Kinda. But they already look like world beaters and have everyone on the same timeline. Giannis might make them better now, but… eh… they probably don’t end up a loser if they do or don’t make a deal. They’ll be great either way.
Hopefully the last 3 games are more indicative as they have averaged just 11 in those games. Averaged 19 in the first 2 games. That's a difference of being ranked 13th or like 2nd.
Nurk and Durant are the biggest culprits. Nurk has over 30% TOV%.
Why on earth do you think Utah would entertain that?
Kindness?
I the 2031 pick is far from the biggest reason they'd decline that trade.
