(06-22-2024, 09:04 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: There is a clip of Jake Fisher telling Nate Duncan that he’s heard Dallas has a way of clearing room for Jones without using THJ or Maxi. Duncan kind of talks over him and Jake doesn’t finish his thought on the clip I heard on X. I think the insinuation is Green goes out to create the room for Jones Jr. (and brings back an asset). Then, we are free to trade THJ or THJ/Maxi for someone.
I’ve already pointed out that Green fits neatly into the NT MLE which can be used for trades starting this summer. Another way that this could happen is Green could be traded into a current TPE and it could happen in June as long as the TPE is big enough to defeat his PP status. CBA Mavs wrote about trading Green’s PP contract for Mav’s Moneyball back in February. He puts the number needed at $11.44mm (the average of Green’s 23/24 salary and all of his extension salary).
Currently, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Memphis and Washington have a TPE that large. The one I find interesting is Washington. They have a late first, a need for someone like Green and enough room to take him in without getting into the tax for 23/24. They also have the 2nd pick, so trading #26 doesn’t mean they are going without a pick. For Dallas, the deal is basically Green for #26 and Jones Jr. as the deal provides the pathway to keeping DJJ.
The salary for #26 is $2.6mm, so not really much more than filling a roster spot with a vet min (assuming you make the pick and keep it). The pick could also be packaged with THJ (and 2025) in another deal to try to attract a starter that pushes Jones Jr. into Green’s bench role. The moment we sign DJJ to more than $5.2mm, we are hard capped at the first apron. So any THJ+ deal we make needs to have returning salary that is very close to the outgoing. It doesn’t have to be less than 100% of the outgoing since we are already hard capped. But, depending on what DJJ takes, we don’t have much room under the apron to work with.
A few thoughts. I mentioned a few days ago, I have my eye on Grant. His contract, style of play and position flexibility gives me pause. Can he be on the closing lineup with PJ? Can one of them guard the elite scoring guards and small forwards?
How you propose it though, we can resign DJJ. I think this is key. I think in time one of DJJ or Josh will be one too many. Because i think we will look for a higher tier wing eventually and also hope OMAX makes one expendable. So moving Green, Hardaway and a future first and ending up with Grant and a re-signed DJJ appears to be a pretty good move thinking we would eventually most likely move Green anyway in the future. A little risk though because I don't believe we have seen the best Green yet.
edit_ quick question...can you end up with the same result if it was Kuzma coming back rather than Grant? I may be on an island and I am certainly not all in on Kuzma, but I think he would look pretty good with the rest of our team. I would have some of the same questions I have with Grant too.