Trade & FA 2024-25:

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Perhaps I'm missing something, but Morris would be nothing more than salary match to get the deal done in that trade scenario.
I'm sure Nets get much better offers for DFS than two 2nd rounders while taking on a contract like Maxi's, but my point is that it would be sweet if Nico could pull off a deal for DFS without giving up our 2025 first, OMax or anyone in our current rotation.

Forget my comment about the uselessness of including minimum salary players.

The point is that Maxi-Morris is not a legal trade for DFS. More incoming salary than outgoing pushes them over the hard cap at Apron 1, which is not allowed. Also, Mavs are committed to Morris as 15th man, so another dead end. 

MY SIDE POINT WAS ....The hard cap makes the Mavs send as much or more outgoing (they are right near that number), and there's a salary diff of 4M between Maxi and DFS. But for hard cap purposes,  you cant make up any of that 4M difference by simply adding minimum outgoing salaries, since you have to come back after the trade and refill those empty slots with a player (who of course makes at least the minimum that you sent away!). That hard cap changes and complicates the trade possibilities, and it's not flexible.