POLL: In or out on the Lowry pursuit?

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Just to put everyone on the record - presuming 1) the Mavs get Lowry at 3/90, 2) a sign and trade is involved that allows us to operate over the cap and have the MLE, and 3) THJ is re-signed, thumbs-up, or thumbs-down? Not really interested in how "in" you are - even a slight thumbs-up will do. I'm "in" but rather wary. I'm presuming every other major free agent they've looked at has said no.

This isn't as binary a choice as you make it. You want to ignore the details, but the details really change the attractiveness.

To be specific, what if their opportunity looks like this?
Lowry will agree to 3/90ish with the 3rd year very lightly guaranteed.
TOR will send him via sign-and-trade.
They will take Powell and Richardson as the salary match going the other way, which gets you close enough ($89,678,346 over 3 years).

Everyone will say yes to that. But alter those details, and it changes the desirability.

And what if it's Lowry for KP instead? Many would be gleeful at that.

So yes, I'm in favor of Lowry for Powell-Richardson, and probably Lowry for KP (if it then yields THJ plus Holmes as KP's replacement).