01-03-2022, 02:44 PM
Looking at options to clear roster spot for Chriss. WCS is the most obvious option. I think it is impossible to trade him by himself without giving up an asset. I doubt there is any other team willing to pay 4 million for his services. So it would mean dumping him makes more sense.
If we start thinking about packages with other players, there are more options. I will not go into pipedream trades for the likes of Grant at this moment, but rather look at smaller opportunities. Besides WCS, Mavs could easily miss both Browns and Burke due to all the logjam at guard and center spots - Mavs actually have huge number of similarly average players on all positions. I will assume the motivation for the other team to do the deal would be to save money. Combining WCS with around 3 million deal of Burke or S.Brown would allow Mavs to take back up to roughly 12 mil of salary. I am also assuming Mavs are not paying prime assets. Problem is both Brown and Burke are under contract for two seasons.
Portland comes up first for me. They need to get something for both Nurkic and RoCo and they are both in that roughly 12 mil range. Portland is some 4 mil over the tax line and surely looking to get under, so they are a perfect target from money perspective. However, both players are by far best players in the deal, so the assets are the question. Would a couple of second rounders do the trick for either of those two or is their market price higher?
Lamb and Satoransky could be interesting from money saving perspective, but perhaps a couple of million of cash could offset Burke/Brown two years on their deals. Sato is having a terrible season and it might be likely he will be cut anyway.
If we start thinking about packages with other players, there are more options. I will not go into pipedream trades for the likes of Grant at this moment, but rather look at smaller opportunities. Besides WCS, Mavs could easily miss both Browns and Burke due to all the logjam at guard and center spots - Mavs actually have huge number of similarly average players on all positions. I will assume the motivation for the other team to do the deal would be to save money. Combining WCS with around 3 million deal of Burke or S.Brown would allow Mavs to take back up to roughly 12 mil of salary. I am also assuming Mavs are not paying prime assets. Problem is both Brown and Burke are under contract for two seasons.
Portland comes up first for me. They need to get something for both Nurkic and RoCo and they are both in that roughly 12 mil range. Portland is some 4 mil over the tax line and surely looking to get under, so they are a perfect target from money perspective. However, both players are by far best players in the deal, so the assets are the question. Would a couple of second rounders do the trick for either of those two or is their market price higher?
Lamb and Satoransky could be interesting from money saving perspective, but perhaps a couple of million of cash could offset Burke/Brown two years on their deals. Sato is having a terrible season and it might be likely he will be cut anyway.