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ORIGINAL: David Levine

The Wolves would have limited options for upgrading the frontcourt. They will no longer create a $33 million trade exception and lose access to all trade exceptions created last season, including the $10.8 million one. They also lose the $5.5 million bi-annual exception and get the reduced $6 million taxpayer mid-level exception instead of the $15.5 million one. They are highly unlikely to get a starter with that amount.

Their best path to acquiring a new starting-level forward is through trade. Green’s $14.7 million and Donte DiVincenzo’s $12.5 million salaries can be traded for players earning up to those amounts or less. If the Wolves acquire Green, they would be unable to aggregate his salary for a more expensive player. This means their options could be limited to players like Naji Marshall, Jalen Smith, Royce O’Neale, Obi Toppin, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Grant Williams, who would’ve made sense for the Wolves to be included in the deal.

They could get a more expensive forward if they expand the trade further. That would mean the Hornets reroute Green to another team, while the Wolves include DiVincenzo. This would put them in play to acquire more expensive options like P.J. Washington, Keldon Johnson, Kyle Kuzma, Santi Aldama, and Cameron Johnson.

https://www.thirdapron.com/p/lamelo-ball-trade-wolves-anthony-edwards

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

The Wolves would have limited options for upgrading the frontcourt. They will no longer create a $33 million trade exception and lose access to all trade exceptions created last season, including the $10.8 million one. They also lose the $5.5 million bi-annual exception and get the reduced $6 million taxpayer mid-level exception instead of the $15.5 million one. They are highly unlikely to get a starter with that amount.

Their best path to acquiring a new starting-level forward is through trade. Green’s $14.7 million and Donte DiVincenzo’s $12.5 million salaries can be traded for players earning up to those amounts or less. If the Wolves acquire Green, they would be unable to aggregate his salary for a more expensive player. This means their options could be limited to players like Naji Marshall, Jalen Smith, Royce O’Neale, Obi Toppin, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Grant Williams, who would’ve made sense for the Wolves to be included in the deal.

They could get a more expensive forward if they expand the trade further. That would mean the Hornets reroute Green to another team, while the Wolves include DiVincenzo. This would put them in play to acquire more expensive options like P.J. Washington, Keldon Johnson, Kyle Kuzma, Santi Aldama, and Cameron Johnson.

https://www.thirdapron.com/p/lamelo-ball-trade-wolves-anthony-edwards

More expensive does not equal better.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Elliot

Yesterday, I was thinking it was likely Gobert would be traded this off-season. Now, I think with the addition of Ball, I think you kinda need to keep Gobert to cover for perimeter defensive lapses.

Rudy is going to feast. We finally have a player that can throw the one pass he excels at catching - the lob.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Elliot

Yesterday, I was thinking it was likely Gobert would be traded this off-season. Now, I think with the addition of Ball, I think you kinda need to keep Gobert to cover for perimeter defensive lapses.

Rudy is going to feast. We finally have a player that can throw the one pass he excels at catching - the lob.

Is the lob pass that difficult that nobody can do it effectively on this BB team?

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Elliot

Yesterday, I was thinking it was likely Gobert would be traded this off-season. Now, I think with the addition of Ball, I think you kinda need to keep Gobert to cover for perimeter defensive lapses.

Rudy is going to feast. We finally have a player that can throw the one pass he excels at catching - the lob.

Is the lob pass that difficult that nobody can do it effectively on this BB team?

Accurately and on time, yes?

Rudy does not leave a lot of margin for error.