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Pacers

Pacers

+2 players ($22.7m),
Cap Impact - $3.0M

+ 0  Wins

-11.92  MPG

-0.01  Off.

-2.31  Def.

Knicks

Knicks

+1 player ($3.8m) +2 picks,
Cap Impact - $1.5M

-3  Wins

+5.45  MPG

-0.39  Off.

+0.86  Def.

Raptors

Raptors

+2 players ($18.0m),
Cap Impact + $4.5M

+3  Wins

+6.47  MPG

+0.40  Off.

+1.45  Def.

Trying to be as neutral as possible, full disclaimer, I am a Pacer fan.

The Turner/Anunoby deal has been beaten to death but the fit for Anunoby on the Pacers and Turner on the Raptors is great. But there are a couple caveats:

1) OG very obviously has more value than Turner. From a contractual standpoint, OG not only wins in value for having more years, but he's also drastically underpaid. In today's market, I think he has $25-30 million value while Turner is likely in the 20-25 million range (assuming he stays healthy). In this deal I think the Raptors lose the best player in the deal, but round out their starting lineup better.

2) I can't say I have a pulse on this Toronto team, but to me, I'd assume that Trent Jr. exercises his option and gets more money elsewhere. Enter Duarte. I'm a big Duarte believer but he's best as a 2 and looks to be limited to a future 6th man role in Indy. He's not quite the creator that GTJ is, but he's a solid movement shooter, can get to the basket, isn't very limited with the handle (like J. Brown or Mathurin), is a good team defender, and is plug and play being an older young guy. Not to mention his rookie contract would be very valuable to Toronto where they could lock Turner + Duarte up for less money than GTJ may demand.

3) I know Obi is a big Knick fan favorite, and rightfully so. His playing time is dictated by an overpay on a "franchise player" that just hasn't worked out. His value is really hard to gauge but from my perspective, Nesmith is a Thibs type guy (which if I'm a Knicks fan, I'm hoping Thibs isn't around much longer). I don't think Nesmith holds a ton of value, hence the picks. This adds to the Knicks warchest to either build in a weak draft or go after a star player to compete in the near future.

Pacers:

Haliburton/Mathurin/Anunoby/Toppin/Jackson

Raptors:

FVV/Duarte/Barnes/Siakam/Turner

Knicks:

No starting lineup changes

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