Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SkenfromLMF]

Hmmm...I like that idea, too. Could you or Mr. Gump remind us why that's not possible? I'm pretty good at following those conversations, but I'm getting worse at maintaining a memorized working knowledge of those issues, unfortunately.

John Collins makes $26.58 MIL which is MORE than any 2 contracts not in the starting 5. Maxi + Gafford is just short of $24.4 MIL and basically 2.2 short, with a reminder that the Mavs are up against the hard cap ($.75 - 1.75 MIL depending on sources). Any 3rd player aggregated would need to clear another approximately 2 million, for a VETMIN FA to get the roster back to 14. So, to get Collins Dallas would need to aggregate 3 contracts totaling ~ $28.6 million. Gafford, Maxi, Powell gets to roughly $28.4.

As much as I like the idea of Collins (as in not playing against him on a competitor) it will likely have to be accomplished over the summer when there is more time to operate with roster and salaries maneuvers.