« Reply #49 on: November 23, 2020, 01:25:08 PM »
Who would be willing to take back Cody Zeller (1 yr, $15M) and a future protected first in a sign and trade?
By taking on Zeller, we get an exemption (Probably around $13M) and a future pick. For Charlotte, it is the cost of dumping some salary. Feels like a fair compromise to me.
Why would Charlotte give up their starting center and a 1st just so they avoid stretching Batum (who isn't going to play)? They might move Zeller in this sort of trade, but it would be Boston giving up the 1st round pick, not Charlotte.
I don't think either team would want to give up a 1st in this scenario. You have to be kidding if you think the Cs would give up a 1st as well as losing half of their potential ~$30M TPE. I understand CHA doesn't want to give up an asset either, but they are the ones that would be saving a good chunk of money over the next 3 years to do this...and it's not like Cody Zeller isn't easily replaceable. I honestly prefer all 4 of our Centers (Theis, TT, both Williams') over Zeller.
More likely is Zeller goes to a 3rd team, with us getting a slightly cheaper, more useful player, and a decent sized TPE; or Zeller fitting into some other team's TPE and us getting the full TPE.
Zeller has an expiring contract that can be used in a trade this year and saving the TPE for the summer. In addition, to Zeller actually being a decent big 11/7 in 23 mpg. It is fine if you don't want to acquire Zeller, then you don't get a TPE because Charlotte has no real incentive to do that. They are perfectly fine just stretching Batum and then Boston gets nothing. I'd rather have the useful player on a good sized expiring contract and a good sized TPE to use later, then nothing, even at the expense of a protected 1st because quite frankly, Boston doesn't need any more mid to late 1st rounders on the team anyway.
Strongly agree with this. I would easily give up a mid to late 1st for a 28 million dollar trade exception. That's a no-brainer for a team already loaded with recent draft picks on the roster who is trying to contend.
I don't think you quite understood his post. He said that he would like us to give up a 1st for Zeller and a $13-15M TPE, not a 1st for just the $28-30M TPE. If we took on Zeller, the TPE would be pretty much useless anyway since ownership probably doesn't want to go into the tax this season for Zeller and whatever they could get with the other TPE.
I also think you are being very generous with handing out picks. We literally facilitated a s&t w/ CHA just last year in order to let them acquire/sign Rozier, and the only thing CHA gave up was a 2nd round pick swap (not even a whole 2nd rounder). Jordan would have to be a real jerk not to return the favor. I can see offering a 2nd, but we need to save the 1st(s) for whatever trade we use the hypothetical TPE in later on.
The TPE will be good for a full year, it can be used next off season. Zeller is still available to trade this year if you don't use him. So you get a large expiring contract on a decent player (again 11/7 in 23 mpg) and a TPE that you can use next summer. That seems like a good value move rather than adding yet another pick in the 20's to the roster, which given Ainge keeps selling those off we might do anyway.
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