(05-08-2021, 04:04 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: https://sportsnaut.com/new-york-knicks-free-agency-rumors-2021/

Knicks have their eyes on J-money which has me worried. Also this article indicates he can become an RFA which I know @"F Gump" has disputed many times.

(05-08-2021, 04:00 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Satoransky is fine but Mavs need to think bigger than that. Honestly with Powell looking great I don't think PF is a huge priority. Mavs #1 priority has to be to get a secondary playmaker.

(05-08-2021, 10:12 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: So Knicks have Mitchell Robinson on a cheap deal. Hornets need a center. Hornets could trade Rozier to Knicks for Robinson straight up honestly for Rozier who is on his last year. We also know they like kid Brunson. Mavs could trade Brunson to the Knicks for Rozier with Robinson headed to the Hornets. J Rich could also be in an opt-in and extend deal that moves him to the Knicks or Hornets.

(05-08-2021, 06:20 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Brunson >>>> Roizer and I don't think it's close.

(05-08-2021, 06:20 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Brunson >>>> Roizer and I don't think it's close.

(05-08-2021, 06:20 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Brunson >>>> Roizer and I don't think it's close.

(05-08-2021, 02:57 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: This is really getting old 21.  You're confusing a CBS article with the BR article I referenced in my original post.   

I described "widely reported" as various sites playing off of a linked BLEACHER REPORT story by A. Sherrod Blakely on 4/14 where he quotes "Rival Executives" and says LaVine "will likely let his deal lapse, become an unrestricted free agent and sign what will be a more lucrative multiyear max pact".  Other outlets jumped on that as a reason to write there own article including the one StrandedOnBeauboisHill posted.  As I indicated in my response to Stranded, there is ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION of using cap room to renegotiate and extend in the BR-ARTICLE.  So, wrong on count number one.  I'm sorry you were in such a hurry to write your gotcha post that you missed this when you wrote:

Mavs2021 Wrote:


He covered all angles. You just don´t like that it doesn´t comfirm your own opinion. The Bulls can only offer him a large max extension, if he makes an All-NBA team or they waive Markkanen, Satoransky and Young

 
Problem number two:  Your use of the word ONLY and the two possibilities you site are incomplete.  Chicago DOES NOT HAVE TO "waive Markkanen, Satoransky and Young" to raise LaVine's salary from $19.5mm to $33.7mm, nor does he have to make an all-NBA team.  They are within $2 million of having the cap room they need by simply moving on from Markkanen.  I posted a nice article that lays this all out for you.  It just so happens that a JRich for Young swap solves the issue and allows Satoransky to be retained.  


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(05-08-2021, 09:19 PM)Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo Wrote: Holmes + Sato + whoever we get for JR

(05-08-2021, 09:19 PM)Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo Wrote: To me, Lavine is the backcourt partner that will elevate the Mavs to elite.

But for now, I can settle for a Sato trade. 

Sato can play with Luka as well as Brunson, and also play PG rather well. 

Would now update my list to.
1. Holmes+Dragic + whoever we get for JR
2. Holmes + Sato + whoever we get for JR


Note on DP: He is playing well, defending better, but still not good enough to re-consider not upgrading from him. Try as as he must with the likes of big bullies like Gobert, Embid and Jokic he won't bee able to defend them. The same is true with athletic bigs like Holmes and AD.

And I love DP. Who doesn't?

(05-08-2021, 08:56 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Mavs can choose to be flexible based on how things are progressing. If no J Rich trade materializes then they would be better served as an under the cap team more likely. I think THJ will get ab 17 mil which would leave ab 17 + rMLE. WCS has a good chance to return again using the rMLE. 17 mil could fetch someone who could start or be a 6th man.

Dragic, Dinwiddie, Oladipo, Graham all seem like candidates you could get for that 17 mil number (or less). If you can find one guy you could still find a couple of role guys for that money and start THJ. I like that THJ has flex in terms of being able to start or come off the bench.

(05-08-2021, 09:45 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: You guys should bet a 1 month ban on the Lavine contract thing.

(05-08-2021, 09:19 PM)Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo Wrote: Note on DP: He is playing well, defending better, but still not good enough to re-consider not upgrading from him. Try as as he must with the likes of big bullies like Gobert, Embid and Jokic he won't bee able to defend them. The same is true with athletic bigs like Holmes and AD.

And I love DP. Who doesn't?

(05-08-2021, 09:45 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: You guys should bet a 1 month ban on the Lavine contract thing.

(05-08-2021, 10:19 PM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: I don't know a lot about Sato but will spend some time looking up his highlights

(05-09-2021, 12:21 AM)SamStetz Wrote: In the event Dallas operated under the cap, I like the plan you laid out but I tend to think if Dallas brings back THJ, it makes more sense to stay over the cap. WCS could have his team option picked up. You mention Dinwiddie as a candidate at 17mil, Dallas could S&T Redick to Brooklyn (at no less then 12mil per year) for him, still operate over the cap to utilize the full MLE, and explore JRich trade options to bolster the bench. (I didn’t do the math so I’m not sure whether we’ve reach luxury tax territory, that could sway the thinking or at least the potential return for a JRich trade) 

The biggest question I would have in this scenario would be this: is Dinwiddie (or any other Redick S&T option i.e. Danny Green) enough of an upgrade to the starting lineup/bench, that whatever tax penalties or hard cap triggers that come into place are worth the limited flexibility in a JRich trade and MLE signing? 

If you could turn Redick and JRich into Dinwiddie(S&T), T. Young(S&T), + MLE signing while keeping the rest of your roster the same, is that enough of an upgrade to limit in season flexibility from the hard cap?