2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

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Great ideas.  I have a few questions and I’ll use Robes (over 2 years since played)

1.  What if you do the first part does it matter if injured?

2.  What if after you do the first step (Robes) then you can’t find a partner for step 2?  Can you negotiate the 2nd part before you do the first part?  If not its a huge gamble.  If so then its a great plan as long as part 2 team follows through.

1.  An injured player can be traded.  2.  Yes, you can negotiate the second deal before executing the first.  In fact, I suspect you'd have all parties on the line at the same time with the league office for the trade call.  It would just be a series of trades rather than one big one.  No way you volunteer to pay the rest of Robes money (in this example) without already having step two in hand.

Some other names that fit within the TPE are Olynyk and Leonard in Miami (part of a Christ Paul deal?).  Though I suspect we'd keep either of those guys rather than sending them away for someone more expensive.

I think the more likely use would be the Lee Plus approach while using the TPE to help with trade flexibility.  Let's say Portland decides to pack it in for the year and doesn't want to pay LT.  Lee + Roby gets you to expiring Bazemore.  Maybe Portland trades one of their lower dollar players (Labissiere or Trent for example) into our TPE for Roby and for helping them save money.  Bazemore and Labissiere and the GSW #2 for Gallinari?  Bazemore covers Gallinari and OKC has a TPE for Labissiere, so they are not being aggregated.  Or, leave out Portland giving you Labissiere (they give you a second instead) and send Bazemore to OKC for Gallinari and take back Robes into the TPE as part of the price of getting Gallinari.

Note:  I doubt OKC does either deal.  I'm just trying to show how a two step trade (in this case Bazemore) can work together with our TPE to get returning players you wouldn't be able to get in a standard Lee deal without giving up additional players you might not want to give up.