You have to remember that Hopper is a salary dump and we're doing them a favour otherwise he'd be staying.
I'm thinking 2 firsts plus a player or pick 30 get a this done.
Hopper isn’t a salary dump.
Giants would prefer to keep him.
Whilst it does help there salary situation, there are many ways to reduce cap, made easier by the AFL signing off on picks + salary for lower pick salary dump trades for this trade period..
Again, trading Hopper helps GWS, but they’re not the ones pushing Hopper out the door like Pies are with Grundy and also did with Treloar.
Clearly they want him off the books. Not sure what else you call it? If they'd prefer to keep him, he's under contract so they can and trade out others.
They don’t ‘clearly’ want him off the books. Where is it clearly stated that’s the case?
In contrast you have Collingwood pushing Grundy out the door. Hawks with Mitchell. Gold Coast doing the same with Bowes.
It actually makes more sense for the Giants to keep him, and let him walk in free agency next season as the chances of it being a first round compensation pick tied to a (likely) top end pick will be better than what RFC can offer.
Again, it helps GWS to move from Hopper, but it isn’t their only option.
This is like any other trade for an in contract player. A team has made an offer that the current contract holder can’t match. They aren’t pushing him out the door.
