2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

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The original deal works too....

.... and the Mavs have a 10+ million TE to make up the BYC difference.

You want to keep examining the original 2-for-1 of "Burks + Mitchell S&T $12.5 million" to Dallas for a "Brunson S&T $25 million" to NY? If you wish.

We agree the apron issue was an obstacle to that original idea of a simple 2-for-1.

You still keep inserting the existing TPE as your missing piece, but as I mentioned earlier, that could not be used for the original 2-for-1 trade, since it expires before the end of June, and such a trade couldn't happen until July. So that is another idea busting hindrance.

You now present your numbers in that original idea as average salary rather than starting salary, but if so, the trade match numbers still don't work for EITHER team in that proposal.

Brunson getting 4 yrs 100M starts at 23.26, Robinson getting 4 yrs 50M starts at 11.63, Burke is 10
NY needs room for 23.36, gets credit for 15.81 =  can only accept 20.81, and if they send more salary to DAL to fix it, then the Mavs are even farther away from legal
DAL needs room for 21.63, gets credit for 11.63 = can only accept 14.54, and if they send more salary to NY to fix it, then the Knicks are even farther away from legal
 
Yes, a different, more complex trade idea adding more pieces, more teams, and carefully crafted salaries can likely be devised that would solve all the issues on paper, that the 2-for-1 does not. 

Let's move on. 

I think the much better (and more likely) idea is 'Sign-and-keep Brunson' of course.