Would you Trade Tari Eason & Kevon Harris for Ayo or Carter or Grimes or Oubre?

So I'm Back and clutchfans learned me real quick about just using chatgpt to do the trade as its wrong alot of times.

I originally asked about trading for Coby White, but due to alot of reasons I won't get into its not possible and crazy enough its not by much but you would have to do a 4-1 of Tari, Kevon Harris, tate & holiday and it literally would cause the rockets to still need to shed $1 million in salary to avoid 2nd Apron penalty or have the trade rejected and they would STILL have add atleast 2 - 3 more players to the Roster. So its just not feasible.
With that said, Derrick white, colin sexton, jrue holiday and the likes are DEFINITELY not Feasible.

So basically we would have to target a capable guard that makes $10 million or less to make the salary and roster construction work. And ofcourse I think we would still have to wait until Dec. 15th to make the trade

This time i did the do diligence of pulling the info myself from https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/players.html and then i basically printed it as pdf and fed it and had ChatGPT to cross reference all the contracts and look for Guards that made $10 million or less and were on the last year of their deal. This is what it is good at and it also considered fit.

So it was able to find some viable guards. Ironically 2 of those guards are also on Chicago.
Ayo & Carter you could almost trade Tari straight up for them.

and ironically the other 2 are on PHI Grimes & Oubre, but they are around $8 million so we may also have to include holiday or tate too.

Here's the technicals below as I'm sure some people will shred apart my review of a possible trade again. lol

CHATGPT:
i ran through the contracts file you dropped and filtered for guards ≤ $10M this season, focusing on dudes who look expiring (no 2026-27 money listed or notes implying last year / player option that ends this year). here’s a clean short-list, plus a couple “close but not expiring” notes so you don’t waste time.

TARGET GUARDS (≤ $10M, 2025-26 looks like final year)

• Jevon Carter — CHI — $6.809M — player option exercised for 25-26; functionally expiring after this year. Profile: point-of-attack defense, low-mistake handler, above-avg catch-and-shoot. 【CHI table shows $6,809,524 in 2025-26; notes show 2025-26 player option】 :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

• Quentin Grimes — PHI — $8.741M — single 25-26 number listed; projects as expiring/RFA-type bridge. 3-and-D combo G (can defend 1–2 and some 3s), needs reps as a secondary handler. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

• Kelly Oubre Jr. — PHI — $8.382M — single 25-26 number; reads like a one-year. More wing than guard, but can fill on-ball in second units and gives you size + scoring. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

• Ayo Dosunmu — CHI — $7.519M — appears to be the last season of the 3-yr deal signed in 2023; single 25-26 number shown. Two-way guard, improved shooting, solid POA defense. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}

PROBABLY NOT “EXPIRING,” STILL ≤ $10M (flag these as less ideal)

• Tyus Jones — ORL — $7.0M — table shows $7.0M again in 26-27, so not expiring. Great fit, but you’d be paying for 2 years. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}

• Tre Jones — CHI — $9.0M — shows $9.0M in 25-26 and $8.0M in 26-27 → not expiring. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}

• Ty Jerome — MEM — $8.781M, multi-year. Shooter/secondary, but not expiring. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}

• Payton Pritchard — BOS — $7.232M, multi-year (not expiring). (Listed in the file outside the ≤$10M slice; kept off the target list for that reason.)

GM-style breakdown for each target — Ayo, Jevon Carter, Quentin Grimes, Kelly Oubre Jr. — built strictly off the Basketball-Reference contracts dump you gave me (so the numbers are tight). I’ll show the trade structure, the salary deltas vs Houston’s outgoing, and the apron/roster implications. Where you told me your preferences, I honor them (e.g., Grimes/Oubre need to include Holiday, not Okogie/Green).

⚖️ Baseline: Houston outgoing building blocks (from your file)

• Tari Eason — $5,675,766.
  
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• Aaron Holiday — $2,296,274.
  
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• Jae’Sean Tate — $2,296,274 (kept out in your preferred builds unless noted).
  
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• Kevon Harris — modeled as a standard vet-min ≈ $2,296,274 (same min line shown for Holiday/Tate in your file; if Harris differs, substitute any $2.296M minimum to replicate the math).
  
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Two handy totals:

• Eason + Harris = $7,972,040 (light 2-for-1 scaffold).
  
  
• Eason + Holiday = $7,972,040 (same total; use for Grimes/Oubre per your note).
  
  
• Eason + Holiday + Harris = $10,268,314 (clean 3-for-1 that reduces payroll on most targets).
  

Target 1: Ayo Dosunmu (CHI)
Salary (2025-26): $7,518,518.

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Trade structure A (your preferred lean build)
HOU receives: Ayo Dosunmu $7,518,518
HOU sends: Tari Eason $5,675,766 + Kevon Harris ~$2,296,274 → $7,972,040

Delta (Incoming − Outgoing): −$453,522 → team salary goes DOWN
Cap/Apron read: Improves apron headroom; no pre-trim needed.

Roster count: If you were at 15 standard → 2-for-1 → 14 (legal; ≥14 is fine).

Trade structure B (even safer apron room)
HOU sends: Eason + Holiday + Harris = $10,268,314
Delta: −$2,749,796 (salary down a lot)
Use case: Only if you want cushion; otherwise A is already clean.

Fit note (quick): two-way, POA defense, improved shooting; plays on/off ball. Value likely costs you a real asset (Eason qualifies).

Target 2: Jevon Carter (CHI)
Salary (2025-26): $6,809,524.

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Trade structure A (lean)
HOU receives: Jevon Carter $6,809,524
HOU sends: Eason + Harris = $7,972,040

Delta: −$1,162,516 → salary down
Apron: Adds breathing room; clean.

Roster: 2-for-1 → 14 (good).

Trade structure B (max cushion; usually unnecessary here)
HOU sends: Eason + Holiday + Harris = $10,268,314
Delta: −$3,458,790 (massive downshift)

Fit note: low-mistake handler, POA defender, catch-and-shoot; true utility guard for playoff lineups.

Target 3: Quentin Grimes (PHI)
Salary (2025-26): $8,741,209.

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you told me Holiday must be included here (not Okogie/Green). done.

Trade structure A (your lean reality)
HOU receives: Quentin Grimes $8,741,209
HOU sends: Eason $5,675,766 + Holiday $2,296,274 → $7,972,040

Delta: +$769,169 → salary UP
Apron: Requires either (i) that you have ≥ ~$0.8M of apron headroom before execution, or (ii) a tiny pre-trim (dump a min into a TPE/cap-space team).

Roster: 2-for-1 → 14 (fine).

Trade structure B (clean, no pre-trim)
HOU sends: Eason + Holiday + Harris = $10,268,314
Delta: −$1,527,105 → salary DOWN (adds apron room)

Roster: 3-for-1 → 13 → you must add 1 standard (convert a two-way or sign a prorated vet-min).

Fit note: 3-and-D guard/wing, can defend 1–2 (some 3s), low turnover, enough handle to backfill second-unit PnR.

Target 4: Kelly Oubre Jr. (PHI)
Salary (2025-26): $8,382,150.

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same constraint as Grimes: you said include Holiday (not Okogie/Green).

Trade structure A (lean)
HOU receives: Kelly Oubre Jr. $8,382,150
HOU sends: Eason $5,675,766 + Holiday $2,296,274 → $7,972,040

Delta: +$410,110 → salary UP
Apron: Needs a touch of headroom or a micro pre-trim.

Roster: 2-for-1 → 14 (fine).

Trade structure B (clean)
HOU sends: Eason + Holiday + Harris = $10,268,314
Delta: −$1,886,164 → salary DOWN (gives you apron cushion)

Roster: 3-for-1 → 13 → add 1 standard (convert two-way / sign prorated min).

Fit note: more “scoring wing” than initiator; size/length/transition pop; complements Durant/Jabari lineups, not a pure POA stopper.

 

Trust me, I want a Coby White, Colin Sexton, Derrick White type.
But I crunched the numbers and due to our situation it has to be a solid player under $10 million

and the way it’s looking we’re going to lose Tari for nothing. He is clearly over valuing himself and already seems to be disgruntled and on pace to act like Cam Whitmore did.

 

Do you still think all those guards are worse than Eason after how he played?

if Eason, looks horrible Friday, this post is going to age like fine wine