John Collins...Our Third Star

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Them chasing JC could be a big clue in to those questioning whether or not MC will go into tax again.

The luxury tax problem is an interesting one because of Luka's Supermax extension which adds another 30 mil to his contract.

The Mavs have 1 more year of 2 very cheap contracts: DFS & Brunson. 

A year from now those contracts are easily going up at least 20 mil combined. Powell makes sense as a cap casualty if you have Collins since Collins is brought it to essentially replace Powell and Maxi combined.

If things go to plan Mavs will have THJ resigned + an MLE player. Mavs can do salary matching of Maxi/J Rich to go over the cap with THJ and Collins. I think the moves they make this year will probably put them right under that luxury tax threshold or in spitting distance of it.

Next year you have something like 40 mil of Doncic money (30 extra compared to this years) with not much rolling off the books. That could push you well into luxury tax even if you shed someone like Powell.

All of this is another reason why KP will likely need to get moved if he is giving you role player production at all-star prices.

Having Luka supermax, KP & Collins as max + THJ at a heft contract makes being under the tax pretty difficult. Now its reasonable to think the luxury tax line will go up some but I don't think its going to go up enough to get them under the tax.