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I'd argue that moving a bad contract with 7 years and 60M remaining in money has a surplus value of over two 1st round picks. And the player is young and unlikely to be a candidate to be mysteriously LTIR'd for the rest of his career so there are going to be very limited options to navigate this contract when the Kings are trying to contend with this anchor of a contract taking up 10% of the cap.
With the NMC kicking in on July 1 and the price of the buyout going from 33% to 66% on June 24, I think this trade gives the Kings a chance to escape the deal mostly unscathed. Unloading Dubois for a 1st, B level prospect and taking back a cap dump seems like it would be beneficial to both teams.