(06-03-2022, 06:47 PM)F Gump Wrote: This was the whole deal previously stated as "an option to get [Brunson] to NY via sign-and-trade" that didn't work and violated multiple rules:
- Burks + Mitchell S&T $12.5 million --> Dallas
- Brunson S&T $25 million --> New York
The original deal works too, it just means the Mavs need to dump more salary to get under the apron. It was more a concept than anything. Again, maybe I'm missing something but the whole "nearly mathematically impossible" narrative just doesn't make sense.
It actually seems pretty straightforward to trade Brunson for Robinson since Brunson is a 20-25 million guy and Robinson is about a 12 million guy and the Mavs have a 10+ million TE to make up the BYC difference.
The only issue I can see is the apron, but if Mavs want to go this route, the apron doesn't seem like a deal breaker at all.
Signing JB to 4/80 actually starts at 18.5 ... Robinson at 4/48 starts around 11 ... Burks is at 10 ... THJ is at 19.6
If Mavs just deal THJ for air it's VERY close and certainly workable.
Maybe I'm biased because I happen to think THJ is a good player. I certainly don't think he's a negative asset on a declining deal. Detroit and New Orleans were rumored to have offered way more than Dallas just last summer. If a room team doesn't want him maybe you deal him to a playoff team in the east in exchange for an expiring deal that goes to a room team. In that scenario maybe the team getting THJ tips the room team. Maybe Dallas does. Point is, I'm reasonably confident Dallas can get off THJ if they need to.
https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/status/1432179112576229379?s=20&t=CvL6UqgLljFSrU50T-p_uA
Again, I'm not advocating to trade JB or THJ ... and I dont think they will... but some might think Burks is a better fit than THJ and Robinson could be really good here.