RJ Barrett, Tyler Herro eyeing max contracts

Zach Lowe and Tim MacMahon appear to be in agreement that their reporting suggests RJ Barrett won’t be a dealbreaker in the Utah Jazz discussions on a Donovan Mitchell trade with the New York Knicks. “The Jazz want to get him is unclear to me,” mentioned Zach Lowe. “He won’t be the dealbreaker individuals suppose it’s.” -via RealGM / July 16, 2022

The Knicks naturally hope to complete the actual acquisition of Donovan Mitchell now without surrendering more than, say, four or five of those eight future firsts and by maintaining RJ Barrett out of the deal. Whereas Barrett’s exclusion is probably going superb with the Jazz, Utah (gulp) is claimed to need no less than six of the eight picks. -via marcstein.substack.com / July 15, 2022

The Knicks have put out word that 22-year-old guard RJ Barrett, preparing for his fourth season, will not be available in trades, even in a blockbuster deal for Mitchell, whom New York has targeted for about a year. But one Eastern Conference general manager says that fact was mostly met with shrugs because of Barrett’s contract situation. Barrett is getting into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie scale contract. -via Heavy.com / July 15, 2022

Nonetheless, the Knicks should not the one staff eager about Mitchell. The Miami Warmth have been eager about each Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell over latest weeks. However their secure of younger items and picks merely isn’t as enticing as New York’s. The Heat have traded their 2025 first-round pick away, meaning that they can only offer their 2023 pick, their 2027 pick, and their 2029 pick, along with pick swaps in the other years. The Heat also have a deficit of young players compared to New York. 22-year-old Tyler Herro is a good piece, but Max Strus, Gabe Vincent, and Omer Yurtseven are older and on shorter contracts than their key Knicks’ counterparts. -via Salt Lake Tribune / July 14, 2022

The Heat made an offer weeks ago for Mitchell that included nearly all of those pieces, but the Jazz found it insufficient. At the moment, sources inform the Tribune, the Jazz and Warmth agreed {that a} third staff that may be needed within the commerce in an effort to convey extra worth to the Jazz — probably that means that the Warmth must ship veteran items elsewhere to get youthful participant or decide worth in return. -via Salt Lake Tribune / July 14, 2022

At least one voice in the Jazz’s front office prefers Herro as a return to Barrett, in line with a supply. Basically, Tyler Herro’s chance of being a less expensive contract transferring ahead and his extra superior capturing stroke are causes for optimism. RJ Barrett, to make certain, is longer, youthful, and has far more defensive potential, although. -via Salt Lake Tribune / July 14, 2022