TRADE: Dinwiddie + Bertans to DAL | KP + 2nd to WAS

[F Gump]

I look at the TPE as a possible enhancement to what you are suggesting.  We use the 125% rule for the star giving up whatever we give up AND use the TPE to take back an additional contract the other team may not want.  Yes, it is a lot of money for Cubes, but if a star is really on the table, you pull ever lever you have.

FWIW I wonder if the expiration date of TPE will be one calendar year? Or will it be adjusted (like so many other deadlines have been, because of the covid-changed schedules) to "one NBA year"? If the latter, it will be available to use around the draft, but not in free agency.

Of course, if the new cap guru is worth his salt, an earlier deadline (if that's the situation) may not matter that much.