2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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So Tim is saying rival executives believe Grizz fallback option is Mavs offer (which of course is not confirmed) of Lee + a pick (I am not sure it's the GSW pick). That makes me think then that Iguodala is still the most likely option. The Grizz are not going to get anything better than an expiring contract + a 2nd round pick or two for Iguodala, period. 

There are not many contracts that fit what they would need to facilitate a trade. The only one I could think of that is relevant would be Harkless from the Clips, but then would that just be a lateral move for them? That remains to be seen.

So the real sticking point in my view is who would blink first the Mavs or the Grizz in terms of how good of a pick to send. Mavs would probably want to send 1 or 2 worthless 2nd round picks to Grizz considering they have no better option than to buy out Iguodala. Grizz may hold out thinking they can get that GSW pick as the Mavs will want the services of a guy like Iguodala they can't get if he joins the buyout market.

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Some executives around the league suspect that Memphis' fallback option is a Mavericks offer of Courtney Lee and the Warriors' surprisingly high second-rounder

I don't think that the Mavs would use the GSW pick for their own player, but they should be able to get more value in trade than an Iggy rental.

So the alternative I think is could you get something better for GSW pick + the first rounder on draft night. I would say it's possible. For a while we thought maybe Mavs would move THJ + picks for something else (like an Adams type). I think now that next year Mavs will be again shopping for a long, athletic 2-way wing just like they did last summer. Mavs were unable to land Green who was their guy.

I don't know that there are going to be a ton of options, I wonder if Mavs end up trying to move their picks for future picks so that they don't have to cash them in until later (ie next TDL or beyond). Iguodala is likely not an option come this summer so they'd have Marcus Morris again as an option and scant other options in my view. This is especially due to the fact that Mavs are unlikely to want to spend money that dips into the 2021 cap.

The best scenario would probably one where Mavs are able to attach those 2 picks to get RoCo who might still be Wolves at that point. I would not want to get Iguodala now if a RoCo trade gets jeopardized later on.