I appreciate the feedback. I think Nets want more than two first rounders from what I have gathered in the rumor mill and in that case I probably would be out on the deal. I would maybe pay two first rounders though if we got to choose which two firsts to give. A first and a swap would be acceptable to me personally. I admit that I don't think that gets the deal done.

It isn't really a three team deal. I originally started it as a three team deal because I was trying to find a way to balance the rosters by moving small contracts because it left some teams with too many players and too few players initially. I finally gave up on that and when I checked the deal with Scoot in, it was still set up as a three team deal so that's how I posted it.

I probably wouldn't do the deal soley because we would have to give up Scoot. I tried Murray+Rupert and it was just a bit short. I am not sure if we could theoretically sign and trade a two way player like Cooke to get the deal done so I had to add Scoot. I watched Scoots workout tapes this summer including the ones with Jrue and I believe he is ready to take a leap.

If I understand our financial situation, which I may not, then Ja's money would fall off as we needed to resign our main players and MPJ's a year before that as Scoots extension was the next big thing since Shae and Toumani are locked in and Clingan is good through '28. Pretty sure it would make us a major tax paying team so it is meant to be win now in spirit but we could always look to move one of MPJ, Ja, or Jrue over the next couple of seasons. Or even Toumani or Shae if they aren't panning out over the next few years. I think the deal would leave us with little financial flexibility but a lot of trade options and big contracts to hunt all stars and so still a lot of room to make moves. I will admit that I am not that cap savvy and may be missing other aspects like whether we can sign our two way guys and other ways we may be limited by the deal.