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[F Gump]

It is a strange thing to pay someone $1.0mm for 3 weeks of work...even a long term locker room leader like Powell.  It gets my spidey sences thinking through possibilities.  Maybe they feel they need more than just the current cast of centers for the portion of the season Lively will miss.  It might be that they just don't feel comfortable with Gafford/Rookie/Cisse - especially is someone gets hurt.

So, what would be a possible solution and why hasn't it happened already?

My thoughts go to Martin.  Detroit has Robinson at $16mm this season, but only $2.0mm is guaranteed right now.  They are still working with Duren on a deal.  Would Martin at $10mm be more valuable to them than Robinson at $16mm?  Maybe.  It would give them a bit more room under the tax for the eventual Duren signing (which could be why it isn't done already).

Can you bump Robinson's guaranteed up a little and move him for Martin.  Dallas cuts him and is back to 15 spots.  Both teams are helped and Dallas is still way under the tax with flexibility for later deals.

Interesting hypothetical. 

It's obvious how DAL would be motivated -- they would be swapping Martin at 10-ish for Robinson (to be waived at 5-ish) and DP (minimum).

DET is a bit iffier. They would move from 16 to 10, but they could alternately move from 16 all the way to 2 by simply waiving Robinson, then sign him back at the minimum or sign someone else at the minimum and be way better off financially than they would be by doing the DAL deal. And if they resign him, they retain shooting they badly need. The question is whether they would rather spend more so they can have Martin. (I doubt it, but I am biased against Martin, so not a fair judge of what his value might be.)

But I like and hope they have somehow found a taker for Martin.