Memphis has proven some playing cards across the league that it’s trying into consolidation trades, as evidenced by the group’s latest efforts to ship Luke Kennard and John Konchar to Brooklyn for Dorian Finney-Smith. However that might have been a a lot smaller deal than including Marcus Sensible or Brandon Clarke to the package deal as could be required for Butler. Sensible and Clarke each rank as gamers Memphis values fairly extremely, sources mentioned. -via marcstein.substack.com / January 8, 2025