How about Turner ($3.4M) and Dragic ($2.0M) plus a second rounder for Bennett ($5.8M). (I know, there is probably a trade rule that won't allow this but maybe there is a clever way to structure it to work).
Then Philly can trade Turner for another second at some point if he is not helping (which he probably won't) and maybe keep Dragic. Two seconds for Bennett is not bad at this point and we trade two players we don't need for one that has more chance (albeit small) of becoming a player we can use.
And there is one poster (I can't remember who) who will be very happy that we have Bennett.
There is no trade rule that prevents this trade. I don't think Anthony Bennett has a role on this team however, and would be useless it acquire.
Thanks for clarifying the trade rule.
Regarding your comment about the role for Bennett. Are you suggesting Turner and Dragic do have a role of any significant importance or ever will?
Turner played 27 minutes per game last year for the Celtics. I would say that by any definition that's significant role. I'd also say that Turner is a better fit for this team considering he can contribute at SF and even PG (in a pinch) whereas Bennett would only be able to assist at SF considering the logjam already at PF.
As for the original trade offer, I have to wonder if some people on this board are really that clueless or did they just have a momentary lapse of reason. Give up a 19 year old 1st rounder after one year and a 26 year old guy who contributed heavy minutes last year for a 22 year old who has shown nothing in two years and who has a reputation for being lazy and unmotivated? Who in their right mind would want to do that? Finally,
Bennett's supposed "2nd year" is a $7m option that has to be exercised by October and it's going to be essentially impossible to prove that he deserves that before the option is due. So he's really just a one year rental.
This is even worse than many of the "trade Wallace" threads I've seen the past two years where people wanted to give away 1st round picks just to get rid of Wallace with no plan to use the cap space created by such a deal. While some of us preached patience and said that Wallace's salary would actually become an asset, others wanted to give the farm away. Now we flipped Wallace for someone who may actually be useful! Knee-jerk reactions usually don't make good trade offers...