Ed Davis is who he is at this point — a plus rebounder on both ends, an average interior defender, and a rim runner on offense. In other words, he’s a serviceable big.
He makes $6.3 million in the last year of his deal, and is in Portland’s rotation. So he’s better than the scrapheap (and Javale McGee) and fits in the DPE.
At the same time, Portland is over the luxury tax, and shipping off Davis would take them under the cap. Furthermore, they have significant depth in their bigs, and could absorb Davis’ loss by giving more minutes to rookie lottery pick Zach Collins, as well as Meyers Leonard and Noah Vonleh.
Accordingly the price should not be high, given that Portland receives tax relief and a medium-sized trade exception. Cash considerations or a heavily-protected 2nd should be the cost, I think.
Thoughts? If Davis is the result of the DPE, at a very low cost, would that be a good outcome?