It would be Hardaway, Lee, and a second rounder for Porter.
But wouldn't they prefer a genuine two-way SF (OP) over a streaky SG (TIM) who would fill in at SF, for the same money. The only benefit is they could try to move Courtly's ending deal next year. And a 2nd round yawn.
What if they wanted Tim
and Franc and a 2nd rounder for Porter?
(just talking general parameters, not worrying about who else to make the numbers work). Do Knix want a $25M Porter?
How about if Ernie countered your
Mudiay, Hardaway, a top 6 protected pick/protected top 3 the following year for Beal. By adding Mahinmi and Kanter into the mix. The money works**.
That would get them out of Mahinimi's bad deal* and save them real money as Kant expires. Knix would clog up their cap, but get an all-star level young SG.
Franc - Beal - Knox - Vonleh - KZBurke - Trier - Dot - Kornet - Mitch
and maybe a Top 5 rook pick or the pick traded to WIZ* Mahinmi is just one more year at $16M. 2 or 3x his value, but not long.
** you blithely say "the money works" but you have WAS giving up the best player in the deal AND adding an extra $4M in salary, which amounts to $10M or so given their tax status. While WIZ want to avoid the tax entirely in a losing/lost season. So they'd need to throw in Dwight ($5M) to make the numbers actually work
for them.
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