07-27-2026, 03:36 PM
We can poo-poo (or sour grapes, since many seem to think they wouldn't do it) the Warriors trade all we want, but the fact of the matter is that the Mavs need to clear a roster spot, if not two, if not three. If this isn't the way, I wonder what is.
Re: Chicago's mention of Scoot: I'm convinced that this would have already happened were the Mavs interested - either that, or they are monitoring other possibilities.
Re: Klay: I will be fairly deeply annoyed if they buy him out, but will trust that they left no stone unturned and came to the conclusion that that was the best decision for the Mavs' organization (PR, doing Klay a solid).
One question about Klay (especially for Dan and Gump) - if we do buy out Klay, is the money we don't pay him subtracted from this year's payroll for soft cap/tax/apron purposes? If so, that would be another reason to buy him out; if not, since his whole salary would be dead money on the books which we then couldn't trade away, that would make me dig in several times over on being opposed to buying him out.
Re: Chicago's mention of Scoot: I'm convinced that this would have already happened were the Mavs interested - either that, or they are monitoring other possibilities.
Re: Klay: I will be fairly deeply annoyed if they buy him out, but will trust that they left no stone unturned and came to the conclusion that that was the best decision for the Mavs' organization (PR, doing Klay a solid).
One question about Klay (especially for Dan and Gump) - if we do buy out Klay, is the money we don't pay him subtracted from this year's payroll for soft cap/tax/apron purposes? If so, that would be another reason to buy him out; if not, since his whole salary would be dead money on the books which we then couldn't trade away, that would make me dig in several times over on being opposed to buying him out.