(06-25-2025, 08:09 AM)F Gump Wrote: 1 The Mavs have apparently decided (and rightly so, imo) that the hit to their limited payroll for filling the role of temp PG starter needs to be 6M, not 20M. Personally, I believe they will get just as much utility from the 6M guy, but in any event, that's what's in their budget. You only have so much payroll to go around.
2 In this draft, there are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more efficient ways to get a back of the 1st pick instead of wasting the LAL pick. They will be for sale and it should be a buyer's market, because multiple teams have more of them than they really want. IF the Mavs really want one, that is. (I'm guessing they might trade Martin to someone for a FRP.)
1. I believe they want Sexton for Powell + Hardy + Martin, the T-MLE and maybe an additional late 1st.
I´m sure there are ways to do this trade and retain the T-MLE by correct sequencing of the events and using only parts of the T-MLE, that`I´m far too lazy to calculate until somebody pays me to do it.
In reality there is an overkill at forward and center. It just makes no sense to keep Powell and Martin, and even both Marshall and Klay is questionable.
Russell/Irving/Williams
Sexton/Christie/Late 1st round pick
Flagg/Marshall/Thompson
Davis/Washington/Omax
Lively/Gafford/Jones
2. I simply used the future asset as an example for people that think it´s necessary to give up Gafford or even Washington to get the additional pick. Obviously it all depends on how high the pick, how much you rate the available talent and how much the value of the future asset. But to me keeping Washington and getting a Traore/Denim (if you believe in their high ceilings) is much more interesting than preserving that future pick, especially with the Lakers new owners and the pending Bron retirement. Lakers have only 13M in guaranteed contracts for 2027/2028. If they keep that clean, they could easily build a superteam around Luka by the time the pick converts.