[Smith] I don’t think there’s room on the roster for Dick, Trent and Brown. It’s tricky, though, and my perfect solution would be to pick up Brown’s option with a deal already in place to move him, and get Trent on a 2 year $42-million(ish) deal with no options.
by EarthWarping
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The other newsy tidbit from Doug’s mailbag:
>Chris? I like him a lot and he should be in the game, but I know they tried to find a deal for him in February and there wasn’t one. (“They can’t trade everyone at once” a guy told me then.) But I suspect he’ll be dealt around the draft/free agency.
In what world is Gary worth 21m? Doug forgot to take his meds again.
I don’t think a short-term Trent deal is a bad idea but 42/2 is…a choice
Granted, a team like Detroit or Orlando could offer him that so it ultimately depends on how much weight you put in to this being a down year for Gary – who I’m pretty sure was still one of the best 3 point shooters in the league despite his hot and cold nature
For Brown, whether Toronto picks up the option or not is going to be rather telling as to whether they move him or not. I can’t imagine them keeping his 23 million option on the books when they can use it for salary relief or decline the option for a free agency signing (the latter of which would have to involve tampering of some sort because it’s risky to decline his option and then try to make a splash with nothing lined up, and this isn’t exactly a good free agency class)
I cant fathom how GTJ gets more per year than Grayson Allen. $17m for Allen HAS to set the cost for Gary under $15m