Trade & FA 2024-25:

[F Gump]

Keith Smith twitted Mavs are 16 mil (and change) under the first apron, so I used that number.

Edit: Spotrac and MavsCBA have us 14,8 mil under the first Apron. Since the new FA would be replacing an empty roster spot, I guess this puts us at over 16 mil. Am I correct in my thinking?

Than Green (shipped into someones MLE or cap space) is just replaced by DJJ, basically allowing us to sign DJJ to max Green salary. Of course if he takes less, Mavs could offer even more money to a FA in such a case.

I have my computer now, for better math-ing.

KS's number is wrong, for our purposes. Not sure what he included, but someone else (Marks, maybe?) said 14.9, and that number is right - but it doesn't include any cushion for having to stay under the Apron. (There's no chance whatsoever that a team would not leave a cushion - the Apron is unforgiving, there are no exceptions given.)

So I set aside exactly 1M for a cushion, and work from there.

That leaves 13.9 for DJJ, which leaves 1M left over to combine with an outgoing player (in the right trade setup). BOTTOM LINE - If you send out Green, you could acquire a player making up to 13.65M-ish.