Trade & FA 2024-25:

[F Gump]

Do you expect Exum to not make more than his cap hold?  Won't we just enter the second apron as soon as he inks a new deal if you assume it's like 2 years for 16 mil or something like that?

The cap hold for Exum is really irrelevant, because the 207M-ish number under discussion would be Apron 2 hard cap that the Mavs could not exceed at any time for the 2025-26 season, no matter what, if they did a KD trade.

I know you didn't ask me, but imo Exum will land in the 6-10M range (assuming he is healthy through the end of the playoffs and continues to play like this), and it's even possible that's low. I think we'll have a better idea in a couple months when the season's over. Assuming no hiccups between now and the summer, I'm hoping a Mavs 7-8M "all we can possibly pay" offer will prove to be enough.