Trade & FA 2024-25:

[DanSchwartzgan]

Oh interesting....

Could Detroit accept Josh Green as part of the THJ trade to increase the Mavs TPE to around 28.5 mil? Klay could start at around 23 mil and the Mavs would still have enough for the full MLE and a vet min.

Hmmmmmm

You still have the total roster cost limitation no matter how you slice it if Thompson is a S&T or if you use an old TPE (Grimes) or use an exception larger than $5.2mm.  So, the $26.5mm-ish total spend limit still applies.  There are TPE-ways that get you there and there are trade-match ways that get you there (you don't worry about more than 100% of outgoing coming back because you got hard-capped in other ways).

The only real way you bump these numbers for Klay (or any other S&T) is to add bodies making more than the minimum (like Powell or Exum or maybe Maxi).