Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

This comes from my personal valuation of Klay. Since no salary is coming their way, I think the cost for their facilitation should be minimal. Cash, fake second or similar. They do Klay a solid, they get a nice TPE and keep their flexibility moving forward.

If I am Mavs, no way I would be taking the risk with Klay, his age, decline and his salary and pay a FRP for it. That would be a bad deal imho.

We are agreed, then. I like that the deal we're expecting has lowered from low $20 m's to start to that exception number. I like him at that number a lot - it's literally Hardaway money. But, I don't like the idea of giving up significant draft capital, even if it's only the 2025 1st. I know that pick will suck (we hope) but I'd still draw the line there on this one. 

Doesn't it kind of feel like that's gong to be the price, though? I hate that I expect that, but I do. 

Either way, this had all better include DJJ.