2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Tyler]

Fish is also reporting that we're offering the GS 2nd.

Yikes.

Here's his most recent quote:

"Dallas' early-July offer to Memphis for the 35-year-old defensive stopper, who is on the Grizzlies roster but is not really part of the team, was the salary burden of Courtney Lee and a second-round pick, owned by Dallas via Golden State. We established that on June 10. That's the deal."

IMO, Fish is misrepresenting what he originally wrote over the summer.  And that's even forgiving the typo on the date, as the article was written July 10th and Iguodala wasn't traded to Memphis until June 30th.  Here's the exact quote from the original ariticle:

"The Dallas Mavericks' long-standing desire to shed themselves of Courtney Lee has manifested itself in a trade offer from the Mavs to Memphis that would send Lee and a second-round pick to the Grizzlies in exchange for veteran standout Andre Iguodala, sources tell DallasBasketball.com."

At the time, Dallas owned 2 2020 2nd rounders: Utah's and Golden State's.  Read the original article and look for any reference to which second rounder Dallas was offering, and you won't find it.  For all we know, Dallas was offering a future pick beyond 2020.  But now that there's a national report about the GS pick, Fish is conveniently remembering a new detail that he never mentioned before and claiming that it was always his story.  I'm... skeptical.

And even if it's true, there's still the not-so-small detail that an offer of a low 2nd rounder (which is what the GS pick was expected to be last summer) for a full year of a player is a lot different than a high 2nd rounder for half a season of a player.  The situation has changed, and I imagine the negotiation has changed along with it.

All that said, it's entirely possible that the GS pick really is on the table.  We'll find out soon enough.  But it's important to take a lot of these reports with a grain of salt, as reporters of all stripes often use them to boost their own profiles while playing loose with the facts.