by "keep him" do you mean sign him to an extension instead of assigning the RFA 1st-round tender?
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so the options are:
1) butler for 5 years @ $14m/year
2) gilmore for 5 years @ $14m/year + butler for 1 year @ $3.9m + possible compensatory pick when butler leaves in free agency
3) gilmore for 5 years @ $14m/year + 1st-round pick if butler gets signed to another team
and if the butler/cooks trade goes through
4) gilmore for 5 years @ $14m/year + cooks for 2 years @ ~$4.6m/year + possible compensatory pick when cooks leaves in free agency
i think it's a no-brainer that you would do the gilmore deal even if you liked butler better, because there's no way to match the additional extras you get with the gilmore deal.
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