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Possible Whiteside Outcomes

A.) A playoff team who needs front court depth takes a chance. The only teams that fit that mold are the Celtics, Clippers, and Mavs. I find it highly unlikely any of these teams would be truly interested in Hassan unless we take back a bad contract and receive an asset like a late 1st round pick. The money doesn’t work with the Clips, a Boston deal would have to revolve around Hayward which I just don’t see them doing, and a Mavs trade would have to be built around Dwight Powell and Courtney Lee and Powell seems a better fit for what they like to do. So option A doesn’t work.

B.) A rebuilding team is looking to get out from a contract of a player that doesn’t fit their plan. Hassan’s expiring deal might be appealing to Sacramento, Detroit, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, or Charlotte. If Hassan is moved I expect it to be to a team like this. Keeping in mind Hassan makes 27 million per season, here are some packages/players targeted could include:

Sacramento – Harrison Barnes (24.4), Dewayne Dedmon (13.3), Bjelica (6.8), Corey Joseph (12.0)
Detroit – Blake Griffin (34.4), Tony Snell (11.3), Langston Galloway (7.3)
Washington – Ian Mahimi (15.4), Davis Bertans (7.0), Ish Smith (6.0),
Cleveland – Kevin Love (28.9), Tristan Thompson (18.5), Brandon Knight (15.6), Dellavedova (9.6), Jon Henson (9.7)
Chicago – Otto Porter (27.2), Thad Young (12.9), Christian Felicio (8.1), Kris Dunn (5.3)
Charlotte – Nic Batum (25.5), Bismack Biyombo (17.0), Marvin Williams (15.0), Michael Kidd Gilchrist (13.0), Cody Zeller (14.4)

Personally, I’d love to see us send Hassan (27.0) and Mario (1.7) to Chicago for Thad Young (12.9), Felicio (8.1), Kris Dunn (5.3) and a 2nd round pick. This saves us about 3 million in salary plus the luxury tax. We get Thad Young for front court depth, a young big in Felicio (admittedly he has been pretty unimpressive so far) and a flier on a back-up pg in Dunn.

Next year that gives us Dame, CJ, Ariza, Collins Nurk with a bench of Dunn, Simons, Hood, Young, Skal filled out by Trent, Felicio, 1st round pick, Hoard, Gabriel/Swanigan

C.) We do nothing and let him expire. Play the year out with Hassan, when Nurk and Collins come back we ease them into things and move forward next year.