NYK receives: Morris, Rozier, Bird
BOS receives: Lee
The first question you're gonna ask is why?
I want to trade for AD, just like everyone else, but I also don't want to lose Smart. Smart represents our largest filler salary on the team that is not Horford, Kyrie or Hayward. We need another salary like Marcus' if we are going to make this trade work this summer. This is where Courtney Lee comes in, who has 2 years left on his deal making 12 million-ish per. We flip Rozier, Morris, and Bird for Lee straight up. Morris and Rozier are both expiring contracts to we are trading essentially for a bigger salary filler this summer. I also think Lee could contribute off the bench.
New York needs a point guard. Frank has flashes but he's not the stud to pair with Knox and Zinger. Trading for Rozier gives them the opportunity to finally have a starting PG to lead the team while shedding the Lee salary. Morris and Bird are both expiring.
In the summer we swing for the fences.
NOP receives: Lee, Brown, Baynes, MEM 2019 1st, SAC 2019 1st, LAC 2019 1st, BOS 2020 1st, BOS 2020 2nd
BOS receives: Davis
We can now roll out Irving, Hayward, Tatum, Davis, Horford and compete with any team in the league.