I'd do Kyrie+ for Porzingis / filler in an S&T. If the Knicks are convinced that KP isn't re-signing there because he's had it with management, they might well be persuaded. It would free Horford up to play a role he's better at, and getting a competent replacement PG* is an easier task than at any other position.
Horford can chase guys around on the perimeter for stretches, but he wears down quickly when forced to do it full time. He's absolutely the prototypical center for the pace & space era and he's going to remain there in Boston. And removing Irving and starting Brown, Hayward, and Tatum at the 1-3 spots is going to put a strain on shot creation. No, they wouldn't be benching Tatum or Brown for Rondo.
Porzingis is on a rookie deal for $5.7 next year. I believe he's now eligible to sign an extension, which we need to assume would be a max. He'd then get Base Year Compensation treatment and have trade-value salary equal to half the max, which is damned close to what Kyrie is making already.
No. Unless KP signs an extension before the deal, at which point he'd be subject to the poison pill rues, which makes a trade all but impossible (the rules are
really tough to get around unless you build the monetary value of the trade up enough to make the gap between the payer's ingoing and outgoing salaries fit into the 25% margin, which isn't really doable for Boston). The BYC rules (basically) went away with the last CBA. They really only apply for half a season (meaning that they vanish sometime the January after the contract's signed).
I'm sure Hayward and Horford would be pissed too. Danny probably wouldn't care too much, but these guys want to win now. Doncic / Ayton /whoever might be great, but Kyrie will almost certainly be better over the next couple years
Yep. Boston basically has the next three years of Irving guaranteed and they're going to take them and win some titles. This ain't a rebuilding team anymore.
The Suns were prepared to send out #4 and Bledsoe for Irving last summer, but 4 is different than 1 and Irving has one year left on his deal now.
Actually they weren't, that was the problem. They leaked the story hoping to drive the price down from an already rock-bottom one. But that blew up in their faces when Irving gave the Cavs' front office a list of teams he'd cooperate with and Phoenix wasn't on it.