05-24-2025, 06:34 PM
I certainly like the idea of Tyus Jones as the fill-in for Kyrie, if he can be had for the TxpMLE of about 5.7M (max years 2, max money total 12.22M). I would really love having him on the 2-year "most we can offer" deal. I have assumed he would get a much bigger deal than that.
To make the numbers work, Kyrie has to decline his option and re-sign starting at 38M or less (with no incentives), OR the Mavs must do a payroll-clearing move of some sort. His PO is ~43M so they would be adding onto that. At 38M to start, with max raises, he can end up with 123M over 3 years (essentially adding 2/80 onto his PO, and then shuffling the payout). Seems to be a workable idea, and a really good plan if it can be done.
If that was locked up, then I would still be hoping any or all of Powell, Martin, and Hardy could be moved too, but wouldn't pay much to do it. My default "extra move" in THAT context would be to move Powell to a team with cap space, so that I could sign Jones to fill that C spot (assumes he's easily signed for minimum) and also free up a bit of a cushion under A2 (about 1.5M). I don't think moving Powell should cost more than sending enough cash to pay his salary along with a SRP-swap (or protected SRP) as a tip.
I would still be very open to trading Martin and Hardy (either alone or in some combo with DP), as I hate the contracts vs what I think they will contribute, but I do see faint possibilities either of them could offer some value to keep, so not a must-do. If there was some way to get the Martin who showed up in MIA playoffs, that would be great and he'd be an incredible value, but that's probably just a dream.
To make the numbers work, Kyrie has to decline his option and re-sign starting at 38M or less (with no incentives), OR the Mavs must do a payroll-clearing move of some sort. His PO is ~43M so they would be adding onto that. At 38M to start, with max raises, he can end up with 123M over 3 years (essentially adding 2/80 onto his PO, and then shuffling the payout). Seems to be a workable idea, and a really good plan if it can be done.
If that was locked up, then I would still be hoping any or all of Powell, Martin, and Hardy could be moved too, but wouldn't pay much to do it. My default "extra move" in THAT context would be to move Powell to a team with cap space, so that I could sign Jones to fill that C spot (assumes he's easily signed for minimum) and also free up a bit of a cushion under A2 (about 1.5M). I don't think moving Powell should cost more than sending enough cash to pay his salary along with a SRP-swap (or protected SRP) as a tip.
I would still be very open to trading Martin and Hardy (either alone or in some combo with DP), as I hate the contracts vs what I think they will contribute, but I do see faint possibilities either of them could offer some value to keep, so not a must-do. If there was some way to get the Martin who showed up in MIA playoffs, that would be great and he'd be an incredible value, but that's probably just a dream.
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