2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

It looks like the Mavs prefer to wait for a Dragic buy-out and potentially sign him using the Traded Player Exception. If that is so, who wpuld you target to trade Powell, WCS, and Burke for that can make thr Mavs better? Who can the Mavs get with thpse trade pieces?

Slight amendment to what you wrote.  The buyout (for less than 100-cents on the dollar) would allow Dallas to sign Dragic using the MLE, not the TPE.  We would need NY to send up Bullock via the TPE in order to be able to use the MLE on Dragic.

If this is the plan, there is one other party who might need to give something up.  The assumption is Dragic would give up $9.5mm and then get $9.5mm from Dallas.  In that case, Toronto is paying $12mm for Precious.  I get that they might want to do their franchise hero a solid by helping him get to his preferred destination.  But, $10mm is a lot to do someone a solid.  Maybe Miami is making up $5mm of that.  Still, $7mm is too much for Precious.  So, how bad does Dragic want this?

To answer your question, if you get Dragic and fill that bench/secondary playmaker, then I like Powell for Markkanen.  I'd bring him off the bench to minimize his time on court with KP.  The good news is both LM and GD want to be here.  Who knows who will start (I like Bullock as he and Finney-Smith together really helps the D in the starting unit).

KP/WCS             Boban/Moses
Maxi/LM
DFS/THJ            Green
Bullock/Dragic    Brown/Burke
Luka/Brunson    Terry