THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

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I’ll repeat something I’ve said before.  The Knox exception signing in Detroit is also not final as they still have cap room and would need to hold off on using the part of the exception going to Knox if they plan to use the space.  It is $10mm of space without Knox.  If Dallas sends Powell to Utah and Kemba comes to Dallas, there is room for Detroit to eat $19mm of salary.  I don’t think Utah wants 3 years of Fournier starting at $18mm, but Detroit might and he fits the room they have if Kemba is outgoing to Dallas.

Very interesting observations. I hadn't considered Kemba via trade. I like him at the minimum, but much less so at 9M.

I think you are onto something with the idea of DET being involved in a Mitchell trade. Your specifics of how they could help make sense, and are intriguing.

There are multiple ways the Mavs could then participate. NY-UT wouldn't need Dallas and Powell for that concept you describe, if they just did Fournier to DET, and Kemba to UT, so other angles may be needed. I'd love to see Rose as part of what had to be moved, then off-loaded to DAL instead --- although, as I think about it, Thibs would probably revolt if he lost Rose. But if he was expendable, for something like Powell-Ntilikina to UT, I'm in.

I do think if Kemba was sent to UT, UT would very likely buy him out. UT will have way too many bodies if they do a Mitchell deal - in fact, may already have way too many after Gobert.

But my favorite would be for the Mavs to send Powell-THJ to UT and get Rose-Bogy back. The money works, it saves UT about 4M this year, and THJ might be attractive to Ainge as a future trade chip since he has a declining-salary contract.