Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz released an article recently that suggested one trade idea for all 30 NBA teams. The Oklahoma City Thunder were involved in two such trade proposals. The second one included the Thunder trading Derrick Favors to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick.
“Moving Favors to a championship-caliber team would be a welcome move for all parties, getting $10.1 million of salary off the Thunder’s books while helping a Nets team with a thin frontline.
If they don’t mind adding on to an already larger luxury tax bill, the Nets could actually absorb Favors into a $11.3 million trade exception without having to send any salary back to OKC.
A future second-round pick down the road should be all it takes to get Favors out of Oklahoma City and back to the Nets, where the now 30-year-old began his career 12 years ago.”
Favors already announced in his exit interview that he plans on picking up his $10 million player option — which makes sense, it’s hard to see Favors get even half of that in the open market. If the Thunder can find a way to avoid buying out Favors and actually gain a draft asset back — even if it’s a second-round pick that’s years away — that would be a win for the team.
