So to me it looks like the tpe might be best used as part of a salary dump deal in which we get the player we want or we get a future pick or a swap.
Given the following:
-We need a scorer of the the bench
-Philly is $11.5M above the tax line
-Morey has a history of making deals at the deadline to get under the tax
-Philly has 4 unplayable (one is injured) guys making $15M combined - Scot, Poirier, Bradley and Ferguson
-Orlando has to get something for Fournier who they can’t retain after the season because of salary constraints
I propose:
-the quartet above go from Philly to Orlando plus 2 second rounders from Philly
-Fournier comes to the celtics
-Carsen goes to Philly
Philly opens 2/3 roster spots to fill with vet min guys who will be available after the deadline.
We dump Carsen contract that’s guaranteed next season
Orlando saves a bit of $$ and gets 2 picks for a player they can’t retain
I think this will be the framework of what might happen with the TPE . Without our TPE the deal as proposed can not be consumed because of roster spot constraints but with the tpe going to Orlando it can be executed as a series of trades.
It works for all 3 teams ....
Why is Philly included? Why would Orlando prioritize cutting three of their end of bench players simply to take on 4 of Philly's end of bench players?
You do realize in order to complete the deal Orlando would need to cut and eat the salary of three players or find other teams willing to take on those three players, probably at the price of at least a second round pick per player, right?
Wouldn't it be easier to do a direct trade with Orlando? The Magic might prefer saving millions this year in salary, getting a project player like Edwards and a couple second round picks and also getting a $17 million+ trade exception.
Philly are included so we don’t pay anything for Fournier. The way I think it will work with 4 players going to Orlando is that :
1st trade we get Fournier and send them Carsen and $15.6M of tpe .
2nd Orlando sends Carsen to Philly for Poirier and immediately waive him
3rd Philly send Scott to Orlando and Orlando immediately wave him
4th same exercise with Bradley
5th and final is the player that Orlando want to retain Ferguson
Philly and Orlando also exchange second rounders and possibly cash each time until the end result is 2 second round picks going to Orlando plus maybe some $$. Also the 4 players going from Philly to Orlando eat up almost all of the TPE from trade #1
Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I think this works because it’s a series of 5 trades not one trade where you have roster number constraints.