no way i’m trading Smart to the Fakers
I don't see that. The story was indicating the Cs sign him with the MLE, no trade required with that signing.
My feeling is that if we sign Schroder with the MLE, that they have another trade in mind for Smart, hopefully for a big. I see Schroder and Smart as redundant. They won't start together and Schroder is not going to come to reestablish his value by coming off the bench.
If it goes down this way, trade Smart for a decent big, sign Schroder, I am fine with that, depending of course on what we get for Smart.