Would not have been the case with Birch.

Now - a first round pick would be NICE, but let's not forget that THT had a dogshit contract that Rob gave him with a PLAYER OPTION for next year which he will assuredly pick up now that he's proven to be worthless. You're essentially trading 7 mil in capspace for a 20's-ish pick in a draft that they haven't even named (so perhaps better, perhaps worse?)

2 wrongs don't make a right. THT's contract sucked and it was better for them to get out of it without attaching longterm money to it. I was a BIG proponent of trading THT for Lowry - but that looks to be the right move to have not. 7 mil for Khem Birch wasn't the move and actually would have taken away from the cap space you're saying was so important.