Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SleepingHero]

Still find it interesting that the Martin trade hasn’t finalized.

If we actually send Martin to another team, and the Mavs throw in Klay+Gafford+Naji+Powell,

That is just enough for them to get to KD’s number and absorb him.

Big problem though, this would essentially be a 5 for 1 trade (Gafford, Grimes, Naji, Klay, Powell). This trade will leave them with 10 active players, and we need 14. They will be barely under the 1st apron with this trade, like 1.2 mil under, and they’d need 4 more players to round out the roster. Forgive me if my math is wrong, but a minimum deal prorated at this point in the season is roughly 800k each. That means 4 of them will be just a shade under 3mil. Mavs would have to somehow carve out another 1.8 of space.

I believe Exum for nothing gets them right there.

Mavs afterwards would be:

Kyrie/Hardy/minimim/minimum.
Christie/Dinwiddie
PJ/Edwards/minimim
Durant/ OMAX/ minimum
Davis/Lively/

lolz