07-15-2025, 08:38 AM
(07-15-2025, 07:33 AM)Smitty Wrote: Lot of discussion. Good reading material. I haven't seen any of these Twitter rumors yet, only from the posts here. The one thing that sticks out to me is Klutch repeatedly saying Gafford's deal is 3/60m. Does that mean there's a 10% trade kicker and Klutch knows he's getting traded, therefore it'll be the 3/60?!
I can see a trade working from Mavs POV:
Gafford to a 3rd team
Klay and Martin to CLE.
Garland to DAL
3rd team send FRP+ small salary player to CLE
Won't argue for why the other teams would do it. But Dallas basically turns Klay into DLO (6'3 Guard, playmaker, high volume shooter) and replaces Kyrie with Garland in the short term.
DLO can be a 6th man when Kyrie is back. The Mavs can run a lot more 2 Guard - 2 Wing - 1 Big lineups.
Garland | Exum | B-Will | Nembhard* | Kyrie**
DLO | Christie | Hardy | Kelly*
Flagg | Naji | Edwards*
PJW | (AD) | Omax
AD | Lively | K. Jones | Powell
* Two-Way
** Injured
That deal would probably require two unprotected first from Mavs. Garland is a 25 year old all star. Those guys don't come cheap.