2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Now that the tax line is slated to be 149 mil, the scenarios where the Mavs theoretically could stay under the tax line while giving JB his preferred 20 mil became a little bit more likely (though still improbable).

THJ+Maxi for a guy like Myles turner has us shed around 11 mil in salaries. Need to lose anther 10-13 mil just from my napkin math to get under the tax line should Brunson get his 20 mil starting salary. 

Burke+Brown+Chriss+Frank+Boban all add up to 17 mil in salaries, though losing all of them will just give us an empty roster and a bunch of roster charges so they're really aren't much savings there. Maybe 1-2 mil at the most if we got rid of Burke+Brown+Chriss and replaced them all with 1-2 mil guys.

Of course I don't care if we're in the tax for a single season. That's Cuban's problem not mine. Good teams pay for talent and that talent usually is expensive. That means the tax is an eventuality. Of course I'd rather the Mavs have some better players to justify a tax bill, but if the team performs what do I care? Curious and excited to see how the guys play in the playoffs this year. 

Lots of little things to watch to see how to navigate in the summer. Will Brunson continue playing well? A bad playoffs means he could come back cheaper than we think.