Three team trade opportunity between Pacers, Bucks, and Suns
By Joe Lyon
Pacers add depth and draft capital
Three team trades are hard to pull off given that someone will always feel that they are getting the short end of the stick. However, we feel like something similar to this might be something that all teams involved would get excited for.
The Pacers would be giving up a meaningful rotation player in C. Duarte, and thus would need to get significant pieces back in order to make it worthwhile for them. Getting both a first-rounder from the Suns (for Duarte) and multiple second-round picks (for taking salary from the Bucks), seems like a way the Pacers might be able to thread the needle. The trade essentially breaks down into two smaller trades.
In theory, most teams here would be getting something that they want, but there would be a few questions we would need to answer before this would become a win-win-win situation for all three teams involved.