Providing extra value is not insurmountable for the Kings. Here is a three-way trade structure that works for all three teams (no picks YET included):
WAS
Receives: Trae Young, Malik Monk, N'Faly Dante (salary piece)
Sends: Corey Kispert, C.J. McCollum (expiring salary), Khris Middleton (expiring salary)
ATL
Receives: Zach LaVine, Corey Kispert
Sends: Trae Young, N'Faly Dante (salary piece), Mouhamed Gueye (salary piece)
SAC
Receives: C.J. McCollum (expiring salary), Khris Middleton (expiring salary), Mouhamed Gueye (salary piece)
Sends: Zach LaVine, Malik Monk
Cuts: Drew Eubanks (or Doug McDizzle, or uses another trade to open up a roster slot)
Washington apparently wants Trae Young. They also get Monk on a reasonable deal. They should not under any circumstances feel that they need additional compensation here.
Atlanta gets Kispert, who they want. They also get Zach LaVine, who they were apparently willing to trade for in the offseason using Trae as the return. They should not under any circumstances feel that they need additional compensation here.
The Kings clear salary (almost $17M this year, which really clears up the ability to make other deals), but would probably want picks. Atlanta and Washington both have pretty clean slates of picks to send and it seems to me that each could send one FRP (year not too important to me) and feel like they're getting a good deal. And we would turn Monk and LaVine into salary clearance and two picks. I'm in. Am I wrong that this should work for WAS and ATL given what we know?
