With Gallo possibly toast, this is THE question. We need to use both and the injury exception in case another player goes down for good. Here is the ammo we can use with the TPEs:
2023 2nd ORL
2023 2nd POR
2023 2nd HOU/MIA/DAL
2029 2nd BOS (unlikely anybody would want it)
Technically we could also use a swap on a 1st, but I’d prefer to save those in case we get back into a mega-trade convo.
2023 2nd POR should land us Rudy Gay, who’s 36 but a decent rotation piece in Utah last year. The other two 2nds should land us another decent vet. Use the injury exception on the best defensive big left who will not cause chemistry issues, or Carmelo if we trade for a big via TPE.
Gay, Carmelo and a decent big would make me feel a lot better.