08-06-2021, 01:50 PM
(08-06-2021, 12:46 PM)F Gump Wrote: 1 Is LM the unsuccessful snt that Fischer has been teasing to tell about? Or was it someone like Portis, or Batum?
2 A deal with the 3rd year unguaranteed is indeed legal, but is not a benefit for LM. If he signs a 3 year deal, he is committing for 3 years.
3 A trade for him would be tricky because he's base year for salary match. It feels like the core of a trade for him would be Maxi or Powell for LM, and then some salary CHI doesn't want (fitting into the TPE) for some other Mav player. But the biggest issue would be getting to the value that would attract CHI to do the deal, and that would also appeal to the Mavs.
Isn’t BYC satisfied if space is used? If they use part of the R-MLE for Sterling and use the $5.38mm in space with another outgoing contract or two to get LM, doesn’t BYC go away? Not advocating this, but as you point out, Chicago has to be satisfied and Dallas has to get to a number LM wants for multi-years…especially if we are giving up items of value.
Maxi plus space gets LM to $14mm. Is Maxi enough (he’s certainly a better fit in Chicago). Is $14mm enough? Maxi fits well here also. How about Powell plus Green plus room? That get’s LM to just north of $19mm. I probably do that…especially with Sterling taking minutes from Green.