I feel like that’s his plan and I like it a lot more than trading Jaylen—considering fit with Jayson he’s tradeable but it’s a very small group of guys I’d trade him for.BTW, Brad purposefully saved the Fournier $17+M trade exception instead of extending it in smaller pieces. It will be interesting to see who he adds with that trade exception. He could get a really nice piece with that salary slot.
I personally don’t think I’d deal Jaylen for Mitchell though I see why some would. To me, you create a fit concern and amplify shooting questions while hurting defense. It’s a close call but I wouldn’t do it in particular because you’d have to add in several assets for Utah to do it.
That trade exception does create hard cap questions. For me, another scorer is the target of it is used