Let's start with why the other teams do it: Trail Blazers get a free asset just by taking on 2 mil. Easy Thunder add a veteran pg for the playoffs and only give up a rarely used bench piece and the worst of 4 firsts they have this year. Pistons trade Harris and a future first for Randle to make a playoff push (and likely make it in a rough East) Wolves do this for 3 key reasons: 1.This barely gets you under the 2nd apron, avoiding the pick issue and allowing you to combine salaries again to make trades
You accumulate assets to trade in the off-season along with 2 expiring deals that equate roughly to 30 mil.
This gives a very likely chance (in my eyes) that the Pistons pick conveys, giving you another asset to trade. In the off-season, I would then make a run at Fox to pair with Ant. Use the 2 expirings and 3 firsts.