(06-21-2022, 09:06 AM)Kammrath Wrote: Per Jake Fischer...
the Knicks are said to be targeting roughly $25 million in room to be able to chase Dallas Mavericks point guard Jalen Brunson, and they are expected to find new homes for Alec Burks and Nerlens Noel, among other moves. Even if New York pivoted away from Brunson, who league personnel widely believe will return to Dallas, the Knicks would have a large gap to meet Irving's contractual wishes.
The Mavs wouldn't want to help NY with any of this NOW -- sign Brunson 1st, without enabling the competition.
But once that's done, NY will apparently be looking for ways to shed useful players so they can get cap room (for someone like Kyrie). At that point, the DAL 10.8M TPE would be a great tool to have, since the contracts of EITHER Burks or Noel would fit within that TPE.
You'd have to probably give a bit more than cap room only, but aren't those the sort of players the Mavs are wanting to add?
That's why I love the idea of a trade that extends the TPE another year. There are several ways to do that. Doesn't mean you MUST use it later, but you might wish you had it available because that perfect opportunity has popped up -- at times a decent-sized TPE can be a great tool to be able to offer "cap space" to a team looking to move off of salary for some purpose, when you actually are already over the cap.