About Dragic ...
If it's true (rather than posturing) that DAL doesn't want him at 19M, and TOR doesn't want to write a 19M check, then there's still another avenue.
Right now, whether they write a 19M check as a buyout, or keep him, the 19M is sunk cost for TOR. They're currently stuck with that expense.
So perhaps the THREE sides are playing hardball over how much of a giveback Dragic will give, that the Mavs would then replace after a buyout. In practice, we usually see a buyout in which the team pays all or almost all of the contract followed by a minimum salary paid by a new team -- but it doesn't have to be that. And in theory, Dallas can swap the Bullock acquisition into their TPE, and then have up to the full MLE to replace any Dragic salary gives back.
Even if they can, however, Mavs probably won't prefer to do that. They'd rather keep their TPE and ALSO have a much smaller salary to pay GD.
So perhaps the wait is because Duffy is in the middle, trying to hammer out a deal of some sort that everyone can live with, even if they don't like it.
If it's true (rather than posturing) that DAL doesn't want him at 19M, and TOR doesn't want to write a 19M check, then there's still another avenue.
Right now, whether they write a 19M check as a buyout, or keep him, the 19M is sunk cost for TOR. They're currently stuck with that expense.
So perhaps the THREE sides are playing hardball over how much of a giveback Dragic will give, that the Mavs would then replace after a buyout. In practice, we usually see a buyout in which the team pays all or almost all of the contract followed by a minimum salary paid by a new team -- but it doesn't have to be that. And in theory, Dallas can swap the Bullock acquisition into their TPE, and then have up to the full MLE to replace any Dragic salary gives back.
Even if they can, however, Mavs probably won't prefer to do that. They'd rather keep their TPE and ALSO have a much smaller salary to pay GD.
So perhaps the wait is because Duffy is in the middle, trying to hammer out a deal of some sort that everyone can live with, even if they don't like it.
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