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Trade Idea: KD to Wolves

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Pacers

+1 player ($0),

Cap Impact - $1.5M

Donte DiVincenzo

SG, 6' 4", 0.27 LEBRON
Off Screen Shooter

$11.4M

3yrs

+ 0 Wins

+7.34 MPG

+0.14 Off.

-0.10 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$2.6M

$7.2M

$18.0M

($168.1M)

($170.8M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$12,975,000

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$0

Allowable Incoming Cap

$20,475,000

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$11,445,000

Cap Difference

- $12,975,000

Standard Contracts

14 Salary Matching

Incoming < $12.9M x $7.5M

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $20,475,000

Nets

+1 player ($33.1m),

Cap Impact - $4.6M

Julius Randle

PF, 6' 9", 0.34 LEBRON
Contract Over | Shot Creator

$33.0M

2yrs

+ 0 Wins

-23.12 MPG

-0.21 Off.

+1.04 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$6.4M

$6.9M

$17.7M

($164.4M)

($171.1M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$37,725,157

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$33,073,920

Allowable Incoming Cap

$47,406,446

Cap Difference

- $4,651,237

Standard Contracts

13 Salary Matching

Incoming < $37.7M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $14,332,526

Roster Compliance

Brooklyn would have 13 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Bojan Bogdanović since his contract is ending.

Recently Traded

Recently traded player salary ($18.6M) is combined with another outgoing salary to match incoming player salary ($33.0M). D'Angelo Russell cannot be traded to a team aggregated with other players from his team because 2 months have not passed since he was traded for. His outgoing salary cannot be combined with another one of his teammates to bring in a higher salaried player. This restriction expires after Feb 28, 2025.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade D'Angelo Russell since his contract is ending.

Timberwolves

+1 player ($51.2m),

Cap Impact - $16.3M

Kevin Durant

SF, 6' 11", 0.93 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$51.1M

2yrs

-4 Wins

-54.39 MPG

+1.35 Off.

-1.33 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$15.3M

-$8.0M

$2.7M

($186.1M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$67,536,162

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,179,021

Allowable Incoming Cap

$67,536,162

Cap Difference

- $16,357,141

Standard Contracts

12 Salary Matching

Incoming < $67.5M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $16,357,141

Roster Compliance

Minnesota would have 12 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Julius Randle since he has a player option next year which is worth $29.4M.

Suns

+4 players ($75.4m) +2 picks,

Cap Impact + $22.5M

Jaden McDaniels

PF, 6' 9", 0.29 LEBRON
Stationary Shooter

$23.0M

5yrs

Bojan Bogdanović

SF, 6' 7", -1.43 LEBRON
Contract Over | Movement Shooter

$19.0M

1yr

D'Angelo Russell

PG, 6' 3", 0.95 LEBRON
Contract Over | Primary Ball Handler

$18.6M

1yr

Obi Toppin

PF, 6' 9", 0.23 LEBRON
Movement Shooter

$12.9M

4yrs

2025 - Round 1

via DET

2028 - Round 1

+5 Wins

+70.17 MPG

-1.28 Off.

+0.39 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$66.0M

-$60.9M

-$50.1M

($236.9M)

($239.1M)

This team will be a 2nd apron team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$51,179,021

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$73,717,399

Allowable Incoming Cap

$51,179,021

Cap Difference

+ $22,538,378

Standard Contracts

18 Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.1M x 1 + $0

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $22,538,378

Recently Traded

D'Angelo Russell cannot be traded to a team aggregated with other players from his team because 2 months have not passed since he was traded for. His outgoing salary cannot be combined with another one of his teammates to bring in a higher salaried player. This restriction expires after Feb 28, 2025.

Must Waive Players

Phoenix would have 18 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 3 players.

Financial

Suns are unable to complete this trade. Since they are an over second apron team, they are only able to take back 100% of the salary they are sending out, plus $0.

Suns can only take back $51.1M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $22.5M from the Suns incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Suns.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Timberwolves get:
SF Kevin Durant
Suns get:
SF Jaden McDaniels
PF Obi Toppin
2025 DET FRP(Top 13 protected)
2028 IND FRP
Pacers get:
SG Donte DiVencenzo
Nets get:
PF Julius Randle
Why the Timberwolves do this:
They add KD, and attempt to go all-in with their current core.
Why the Suns do this:
They add talent and draft picks to attempt to rebuild around Booker.
Why the Pacers do this:
They add defense.
Why the Nets do this:
Salary dump.