11-11-2021, 01:08 PM
(11-11-2021, 12:28 PM)mvossman Wrote: I was disappointed in this offseason as well, but this is a bit of a stretch. The Mavs effectively signed THJ/Bullock/WCS with their near max cap space (operating over the cap) and still have a 10 mil trade exception (that they will probably burn).
I agree if they use the TE, this gets better. But I also think Mavs will not use it. Mavs could have almost additional 15 million of salary on their books and still stay under tax line. I think Mavs should come in the season over the cap with some 115 mil of salaries, add MLE and BaE and look for SnT opportunity. That was the crucial mistake.
(11-11-2021, 12:28 PM)mvossman Wrote: DeRozan, Ball and Caruso are like 54 mil a year. We would have had to open up a lot of cap space to make that happen, and Ball was always going to the Bulls (why they are getting busted for tampering).
30 million of cap space, Powell, Kleber and Burke or Green make up for the remaining money. Mavs could easily replicate what Chicago did. They were not sending out better players in their SnT deals. Or alternatively, Mavs could dump Powell somewhere and go after the likes of Graham, Holmes and THJ. The mechanics to pull this off are pretty easy imho and certainly possible, as shown by Chicago. If you convince guys to want to come.