OK, so a bit of a roster re-set.
Assets:
PG: Kemba, PP (Waters) (Edwards---who doesn't really fit anywhere)
Wing: Smart, Jaylen, Tatum, (Fournier) Romeo, Nesmith (Parker) (Semi)
Big: TT, TL, (Kornet) (Grant) (Tacko)
Picks: 16th pick this year, all future firsts available
Exception: Roughly $11.5 mil of the Hayward exception remains available, though some complexity to using it given S&T rules and their lux tax situation
A few choices, which are not all independent, just to structure things a bit. Not proposing all occur, and there are many others people could pose in addition:
1. Swap Kemba's contract for anything else (motivated by getting off what looks like two bad years remaining, and in belief smaller/different contracts will be more movable, but with creating a need for a ballhandler/shooter to backfill)
2. Re-sign Fournier and clear space under lux tax (likely by moving Kemba, possibly by moving TT and/or Smart and/or having Fournier's market be lower than expected)
3. Package some youth (a combo of Nesmith, Romeo, TL, PP, Grant) for one or more veteran assets
4. Use the MLE to add a bench wing or combo guard
5. Deal Smart for an asset (in part to increase flexibility, possibly as part of keeping Fournier, and possibly based on belief Romeo can play part of his role?)
6. Exploring a sign and trade with remaining exception space, with caveat it triggers hard-cap and complex cap choices (we might want a thread on this---I have not re-looked at all the messiness here)
7. Trade for a vet with remaining exception space. Likely a fallback after decision made on Fournier and if cap space is cleared in a different move (Kemba, TT, Smart dealt?) Package a pick and exception for a Satoransky-level guy who is back end starter/rotation player?
8. Deciding whether to do anything with the 16th pick other than BPA (package with any of the kids to move up? Trade as part of any of above moves? Target a need--like the PP pick last year? Expect BPA is the move but not all the other ways to use the asset given youth on roster)
9. Very very lightly explore a Jaylen Brown trade? I don't expect it, nor can I come up with a viable one that makes sense given where they are, but I guess I'd listen---Atlanta one team with some pieces.
I expect there'll be rumors and thinking across all those and likely more. Is there a good way to structure the offseason discussion across a couple threads?