Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

Below is what he wrote.  The good news is Dallas may be willing to combine players outgoing for something like this.  It doesn't have to be KCP.  There are other S&T candidates and other contracts in this price range.

League sources say that there would be mutual interest in free agency between Caldwell-Pope and the Dallas Mavericks … but Dallas could only get into Caldwell-Pope's projected salary range via sign-and-trade. It is believed that the Nuggets do not want to participate in a sign-and-trade with an in-conference rival — Dallas just supplanted Denver as the NBA's reigning Western Conference champion — even if that means losing Caldwell-Pope without compensation.

I suppose that could be a sliver lining to find here, yes, as is the news (if accurate) that guys like KCP are looking at Dallas and wanting to play here at the moment. 

I'm normally pessimistic about the big stuff this time of year, but idk...I have a feeling that there's a momentum for the Mavs at the moment that might be extremely helpful. 

But, obviously Denver isn't going to sign and trade KCP here. I guess my beef is with the aggregators, though.