Trade & FA 2024-25:

[omahen]

Mavs can only spend 13.4M of that 16.xM TPE on Klay, unless they send another player outbound, because of the Hard Cap. (It was 13.9, but the numbers were lowered by cap revision.)

That's not a big difference.

Mavs have at least until July 6th, when deals can become official, to figure out the difference. They can use the full TPE and then make another move to create space under the hard cap. Point is, they can offer 16 mil as it is, whithout sending a player to GSW, if that is their preference.