I've been pretty focused on Atlanta, like most, with all the reporting the last few days. BUT there's been enough people in the media that keep throwing Toronto out there. I tried to do a deeper dive and see what the BEST package is that they could offer. One that could make the Hawks give in and offer the more premium assets like the NOP FRP. This is what I came up with:
DAL: Immanuel Quickley ($32.5M), RJ Barrett ($27.7M), Collin Murray-Boyles ($6.3M), '27 FRP, '28 FRP Swap, '29 FRP, '30 FRP Swap
TOR: Anthony Davis ($54.1M), Caleb Martin ($9.5M), D'Angelo Russell ($5.6M), Dante Exum ($2.2M)
As for the 'pick package', you can do whatever your heart desires there, as they have all their picks. I chose to do it this way because the Mavs don't have a FRP in '27 and they have bad swaps already owed to OKC and SAS in '28 & '30. This move pretty much solves a lot of the headache there.
The 'player package' is not ideal to me. 2 very overpaid 'good' players and CMB, the 9th pick in this past draft.
Quickley is the tough pill to swallow. He'll make $32.5M the next 3.5 years and isn't a great fit with Kyrie, making him the highest paid 6th man in the league, if he were a Mav.
RJ has one more year left on his deal ($29.6M). He's extension eligible after seasons end. The Raptors and him couldn't agree this past cycle. Obviously, he's going to want an even bigger contract, and he's already overpaid IMO. I don't mind his potential fit with Flagg on the basketball court, but the contract stuff is a big no for me, so I just see him as an expiring contract to trade again next year.
CMB is playing 20 MPG now for the Raptors and has flashed some good things as a rookie. He's another PF though, where the Mavs are pretty deep at the moment. The Raptors probably don't want to include him in a deal I'd imagine. I'm simply coming up with what I believe to be the Raptors best AD trade package.
Don't just skip by the fact that the Mavs also get rid of two bad contracts/players in this deal with Martin and DLO off the books. Exum had to be included to make the trade legal. It frees up a roster spot for Dallas also, while keeping TOR $371K below the Apron.
The Mavs say they want future financial flexibility [expirings], young player(s), and pick(s) in an AD trade. This checks 2 of those boxes...
DAL: Immanuel Quickley ($32.5M), RJ Barrett ($27.7M), Collin Murray-Boyles ($6.3M), '27 FRP, '28 FRP Swap, '29 FRP, '30 FRP Swap
TOR: Anthony Davis ($54.1M), Caleb Martin ($9.5M), D'Angelo Russell ($5.6M), Dante Exum ($2.2M)
As for the 'pick package', you can do whatever your heart desires there, as they have all their picks. I chose to do it this way because the Mavs don't have a FRP in '27 and they have bad swaps already owed to OKC and SAS in '28 & '30. This move pretty much solves a lot of the headache there.
The 'player package' is not ideal to me. 2 very overpaid 'good' players and CMB, the 9th pick in this past draft.
Quickley is the tough pill to swallow. He'll make $32.5M the next 3.5 years and isn't a great fit with Kyrie, making him the highest paid 6th man in the league, if he were a Mav.
RJ has one more year left on his deal ($29.6M). He's extension eligible after seasons end. The Raptors and him couldn't agree this past cycle. Obviously, he's going to want an even bigger contract, and he's already overpaid IMO. I don't mind his potential fit with Flagg on the basketball court, but the contract stuff is a big no for me, so I just see him as an expiring contract to trade again next year.
CMB is playing 20 MPG now for the Raptors and has flashed some good things as a rookie. He's another PF though, where the Mavs are pretty deep at the moment. The Raptors probably don't want to include him in a deal I'd imagine. I'm simply coming up with what I believe to be the Raptors best AD trade package.
Don't just skip by the fact that the Mavs also get rid of two bad contracts/players in this deal with Martin and DLO off the books. Exum had to be included to make the trade legal. It frees up a roster spot for Dallas also, while keeping TOR $371K below the Apron.
The Mavs say they want future financial flexibility [expirings], young player(s), and pick(s) in an AD trade. This checks 2 of those boxes...
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