I think at this point, due to BYC rules, a straight across double sign and trade with simply PHX and PDX is virtually impossible. Forgive me for the Blazersedge citation here, but this is what the cap guy at Blazersedge proposed as a sign-and-trade with Phoenix and Detroit involving Nurk to Phoenix and Hart to Detroit. He also uses this example to explain why the Grant deal has not be made official. I think Wesley Matthews example above would also work to trade into an exception. I'd assume Boston would need to be incentivized, as I am not sure Saric is how they'd want to use that TPE.
Yeah that is a simpler way to do the trade, just have Hart go to a third team. Then Nurks salary easily matches up with 50% of Aytons. If somehow we could do it I'd like the idea of us combining Winslow/Little/EBEC/etc type of package going to a third team instead and we keep Hart.
Or if we could make the dollars work without Little..... PDX Ayton PHX Nurk DET EBEC Winslow Didi Keon Detroit probably needs a draft pick or more incentive though. One thing we haven't discussed..... the Grant trade isn't finalized, so perhaps we can use EBEC instead of the trade exception for that to somehow get this Ayton trade done too?
Absolutely agree. I love Hart. And honestly, Detroit might be more interested in Little and Keon (+draft compensation) anyway.
PHX would probably like Nurk+Hart with Nurk at 70m because of the space they would free up while getting decent players. Do we have the cap room though? Refresh my memory on RFA rights… Could Ayton take less and choose who he goes to? Or is it strictly highest bidder. Ex: POR offers 4/100M; OKC offers 115M; Washington offers 4/120M Does the RFA have any say?..
the Suns are already over 128M in salary for 9 players. Nurkic and Hart would put them at 157M for 11 players and they'd be hard-capped. And because Portland is hard-capped....oooh boy Phoenix would have to dump salary elsewhere and pay to do it. And they'd expect Portland to make that payment going by Sarver's rep, I wouldn't be surprised if he's hoping that Ayton will play for his QO next season and become UFA the following season. That way the Suns could stay under the tax line next year. Sure doesn't look like there's much of a market for Ayton and I doubt any teams are lining up to do sarver a favor
Spotrac says the Suns are well over the salary cap, even after the Gobert trade. What are they missing? https://www.spotrac.com/nba/utah-jazz/cap/
