Lakers trade of Westbrook looking a lot more likely with this report.
Something like Westbrook, Reaves for Hayward, Oubre
That seems like something both teams would try.
Charlotte says no. How does Westbrook help them? An unhappy Hayward helps this team more then a need the ball in their hand Westbrook.
I could see a team like Philly offering Harris. (I also agree with Utah)
Yeah I know Hayward's always hurt but idk why Charlotte is motivated to do this. If anything, it'd also probably affect their young guys since Westbrook would absolutely continue to be a diva in Charlotte and stunt their growth. It'd be a real sign Charlotte is going nowhere adding him.
Get out of the last year of Hayward's contract. Get a star for tickets for a year. Get a decent young player on a minimum contract for a couple of years.
They already have the star to sell tickets. They need to win games to sell more. This doesn't help.
Yes but Hayward is a terrible contract and they need some future cap room for Bridges and eventually Ball. Given his injury history and the extra year at 31.5 million, Hayward might actually be a worse contract than Westbrook.
They have sufficient space to resign Bridges and Martin this off-season, so they don’t need to make a move this year. Next year could be trickier depending what they want to do with Washington, but Hayward as an expiring is much easier to deal with than Hayward with two-years left. In short, I don’t expect them to move Hayward unless they get players they like more. There is no need from a cap/tax perspective to do anything immediately.
Dealing him as an expiring would require salary back though. If they want to clear him a year early, they need to move him this summer for expiring contracts and no one would want him except in a Westbrook style deal.
Not that I would do this, but Horford for Hayward pretty much works. Horford off books after next season just like Russ. Please he fulfills a much bigger need for Charlotte than Westbrick.
But why would Boston do that?
Doubt they would other than to get a little younger and if they could find a decent replacement big for Horford that costs less $$. But yeah, given how well Al has fit in, and Hayward's recurring injuries, Boston wouldn't do it.
which is why I keep coming back to someone like Westbrook. A big expiring contract a player the team would trade and who may benefit from Hayward (which is why I don't think Wall makes sense since Houston has no need for Hayward).
I just believe Hayward has negative value given the size of his contract coupled with his inability to stay healthy and his actual production when he is actually playing (16, 4.5, 3.5 is not worth 30 million even at 80 games, let alone 50 games). Thus, his market is going to be limited. The one think Charlotte can accomplish though is shedding a year if they take on Westbrook and that does actually have value. Getting out of his contract and dropping that salary from their books in 23-24 will allow them one last crack at a free agent before they max Ball. They'd have even more room if they sent Rozier to the Lakers as well.
Westbrook, Reaves, THT for Hayward, Rozier
Very clean cap after 2023 for the Hornets in that scenario with basically just Ball, Bouknight, Jones, and whatever they re-sign Bridges and Martin for. They'd have a cap hold on Washington of around 17 million and the player option on THT (and they could do the trade without THT if they wanted). So they'd easily have max room to add that one more piece before Ball has to be maxed out.
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