Trade & FA 2024-25:

[DanSchwartzgan]

Here's a tweak to some of the ideas above that might solve ALL the needs (if you can figure out who goes in the empty slot). The specific moves don't have to be these exact ones - they can be done in any number of ways. Using the ideas above:

1 Swap Green for pick 26 (WAS) which you plan to use. (You may or may not piggy-back another player on this to come to DAL.)
2 Trade THJ-Lawson for Thybulle. (You may or may not piggy-back another player on this to come to DAL.)
3 Don't resign Morris.

Now you have 12 players with 2 open roster slots, and about 19.5M for DJJ and 1 more player salary (via trade, or BAE). SIDE NOTE: I think DJJ would be overpaid at 12.9M MLE, and would hope to see him signed more in the 10.5-11M range. But that's just details.

Can you find an offensive player that works in that scenario?

This is why I raised the idea of Green to the TPE in Washington.  His salary in June fits, but it doesn’t in July.  So, this has to be done in two parts since THybulle can’t be traded here in June.

Portland has four picks in this draft and none in 2025.  Maybe it is THJ/protected 2025 for Thybulle/#34 (executed in July like we did a year ago) and you fill an open slot with the salary of that second rounder from Portland.