Since it fits so well for HOU, I made a meek attempt to turn my Lance/Courtly trade into a 3-way. About all I found was NYK gets Wes Mathews ($18M expiring). And HOU would throw in 2 (late round) #1's to DAL for taking on Ryan Anderson. Moving Wes would open room for Doncic to start. And some extra late round picks to offset taking on Ryanderson's $21M next year (-- is that enough?)
Ryan replaces retired Dirk next year.
Wes turns 32 to start next season.
So maybe DAL was planning to re-sign him at a reasonable rate.
And he allows them to bring Doncic along slower. But they threw Smith Jr into the starting fire last year.
Knix would swap Courtly's steadiness for Wes' 3's and effort.
Sort of a wash. And we'd save Courtly's near $13M next year.
Court turns 33 to start next year, so we're not getting a 1st round pick for him. Not too exciting for NY, but we'd get a comparable vet, and free up $13M in cap space for next year. I wouldn't worry much about losing good soldier Lance.
Real good deal for HOU (imo)
Decent for DAL (if they aren't too attached to Wes and okay with Ryan)
Decent, mostly cap space move for NYK
Anyone in on the amended (not retarded) trade?