2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

A couple of quotes from Hollinger preview I find interesting:

- More oddly, the Mavs traded Richardson to set up a potential cap room scenario and ended up not needing the money. At $16 million below the tax line, they could have kept his $10.9 million contract rather than sending it out in what amounted to a salary dump.
- Again, things might have been easier if they’d hung on to Richardson, who can offer more salary ballast in a trade.

I think this is a misunderstanding of the Richardson situation.  I think the Mavs were working with JRich agent on the Boston deal.  If they don't have that deal in place (or a similar deal) then JRich opts out.  We do that trade because we already know we are going to operate over the cap and that TPE has potential value (as opposed to nothing).  I don't think there was a scenario where we simply hang onto JRich.