(06-22-2024, 03:42 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: A couple of ways in which it might matter….thus my reason for exploring it further.
Green is slightly easier to move in June which would allow you to deal with Jones immediately. I don’t trade Green for air and I don’t do it at all unless I’ve got the second deal (THJ for improvement) lined up already or I’m executing it simultaneously.
THJ outgoing gets you a higher paid player in a < 100% trade match.
" Green is slightly easier to move in June which would allow you to deal with Jones immediately. "....In general, I don't see how Green is easier to move in June instead of July. A Green trade doesn't have to precede THJ trade (and remember, a Green trade doesn't have to happen at all). And with the way they changed the rules, few teams have more flexibility now than in July.
More than that, any potential "June trade partner" or "July trade partner" or "deal with DJJ" is already in full discussion. They can do it when they need to, but no reason a June trade would be more helpful to DAL. Decisions can be made now on any and all of them, whether or not they can pull the trigger. Mavs can't actually ink DJJ in June anyhow. So is what to do with THJ as well. All are intertwined.
I think they are searching for the best DEAL, not one with a June qualifier.