Blake Griffin, Oklahoma City Thunder
Contract Balance: Two years, $75.8 million ($39 million player option in 2021-22)
Blake Griffin's short-term balance doesn't make him eminently movable. He is shooting under 32 percent from beyond the arc and doesn't have the same burst with or without the ball. A career-low 28 percent of his looks are coming at the rim.
The Pistons have the non-immediate timeline to gut it out—or at least wait until the offseason, when he'll be an expiring deal. But they also have Saddiq Bey, Sekou Doumbouya, Jerami Grant and Josh Jackson. Keeping Griffin limits how much time any one of them can spend at the 4 and makes it harder to play them together.
Al Horford, Oklahoma City Thunder
Contract Balance: Three years, $81 million ($14.5 million of his $26.5 million salary in 2022-23 is guaranteed)
We may need to have a conversation about whether the Thunder are too good to be naturally bad. Their 29th-ranked offense and bottom-five net rating suggest we don't, but they are hovering around .500 and getting stout defensive minutes from their starters.
Horford is a part of that success at the other end. And though he isn't blocking minutes for anyone other than rookie Aleksej Pokusevski, finding a new home for him would still have value.
For starters, he's a 34-year-old on a team in the first year of a total reset. Mostly, parlaying him into an expiring contract or smaller long-term deal increases the Thunder's cap flexibility this summer. They could already grind out somewhere between $40 million and $55 million, but finagling even more would allow them to set the market for salary dumps or make aggressive offers to multiple restricted free agents—or both.
Kevin Love, Cleveland Cavaliers
Contract Balance: Three years, $91.5 million
Cleveland's frontline is overcrowded even with Kevin Love recovering from a right calf injury. It will be even more congested once he returns.
This logjam is somewhat temporary. Jarrett Allen (restricted), Andre Drummond and JaVale McGee are all headed for free agency, and Allen is the only one who figures to stick around. Dean Wade doesn't need to get minutes forever.
Still, Love is 32, and the Cavs don't appear close to contending. His primary position is also Larry Nance Jr.'s best spot (power forward). Using him as a full-time center is a non-starter with Allen and does nothing for their defense.
Exchanging Love's contract for expiring money or a smaller deal would also help the Cavs reopen some cap space. They effectively punted on spending power with the acquisition of Allen and Taurean Prince. Remove Love's salary from the equation, and they're back in business—provided they let Drummond walk.
Will he play well enough upon return for Cleveland to explore this scenario? Debatable. It feels like a situation that will be resolved over the offseason or sometime in 2021-22, when his deal no longer runs as long.
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