2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

Recent examples of UFA SnT:
Toronto received Achiuwa and they took Dragic contract
Philly received JRich for Butler
San Antonio took expiring Young and Aminu (25 mil total) for protected FRP and two SRP
Charlotte received Rozier from Boston to execute the Walker SnT

Good analysis between this and the previous post.  Even with these types of returns, there is a reason people say teams "lost" their player in free agency.  You might add Mike Conley to your list...Crowder, Korver, Grayson Allen, Bazley and a Protected first.

Only thing to add is the difference between these guys and Brunson is BYC.  These guys were all being paid already and their previous contracts were substantial.    If Brunson goes to a team that doesn't have cap room, then salary matching is a little more challenging.  It is made even more challenging since Dallas is now a taxpaying team.  The spread on trades is 125% plus $100,000 and not the $5mm plus $100k we are accustomed to.  We also can't take a S&T player back unless we end up under the apron as a result of the deal.  That doesn't seem likely unless we've already done some cap clearing trade prior to this.

Looking at an example...  Say Brunson wants to sign with NY for a starting number of $19mm.  He will count as $9.5 of outgoing salary (so, that will match $11.975mm of incoming salary).  He will count as $19mm of incoming salary for NY (so, that can be matched by as little as $15.1 of outgoing NY salary).  The loss of the $5mm Plus $100k trade rule is huge here.  $11.975 and $15.1mm don't overlap.  But, with a $5mm spread a contract or contracts worth between $13.9mm and $14.6mm would have matched both sides.  Derrick Rose will make $14.52mm next year and would have worked if Dallas wasn't a taxpaying team.  I had this wrong the other day because I forgot about the smaller spread for taxpaying teams.

It can be fixed.  As deals become larger, the 125% spread is more valuable than the $5mm spread anyway.  So, THJ going somewhere in the same deal Brunson goes to NY makes this fairly easy.  The most simple version would be to just add Burke going to a third team as part of the deal.  Using Burke's $3.3mm plus Brunson's outgoing of $9.5mm, Dallas can take back as much as $16.1mm.  Rose and McBride combine to make $16.05mm next season.  If Dallas talks NY into sending more salary our way, it can be sent into our TPE.  There are other ways to get to a number between $15.1mm and $16.1mm of incoming from NY.  Walker and Reddish get you there also.  NY has a number of contracts in the $2mm-$5mm range that can be mixed and matched and Brunson's starting number can be adjusted to accommodate what is needed. The thing that likely doesn't happen is a S&T of Robinson as we'd have to be under the apron following the deal in order to take back a S&T player.