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Originally Posted by tcat075
While I think your right, isn't Terry's contract about to expire next year?
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Yes, after next season. However, Crawford's deal expires after
this season, and his deal is just as big as Smith's believe it or not. Plus, Smith's deal would expire the following season, so it's not like Atlanta would be getting out from under $40 million or something crazy.
Basically, the deal proposed by the OP is for Atlanta to give up Smith and Crawford, 2 of their top 4 players who are young and popular, for Butler and Terry, whose better days are behind them. Then, they're supposed to just let Butler expire this summer (which they could just as easily do with Crawford) and Terry the next...and get nothing in return? And the best part is that all Atlanta would save in this deal is a whopping $13.2 million (Smith's last year).
This would go down as one of the worst trades in history (for Atlanta). It makes no sense for the team or it's accounting division, because it makes them worse on the court and fails to improve their payroll situation.
BTW, if the Hawks want to salary dump Smith, and I don't think they do, a Mavs package would have to start with Butler + a young, cheap talent (either Roddy or DoJo or BOTH) + some picks to be considered. Any other players included by Atlanta would be other contracts they wanted to dump, not usable players like Crawford. That's how salary dumps work - like "reset" buttons for the franchise.
Why would Atlanta max out Johnson and then push the reset button during the very next season?