2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Mavs2019]

"With Dwight Powell’s Achilles rupture in January, Porzingis is now turning into more of a pick-and-roll screen setter than he was used before his injury. Before Powell’s injury, he was setting about 15 picks per 36 minutes for Doncic while Porzingis was down around seven per 36 minutes, according to Second Spectrum data. Since then, Porzingis has actually topped Powell’s peak: He’s setting about 16 picks for Doncic per 36 minutes, while Maxi Kleber has gone from about eight per 36 minutes to 14. (Before Powell’s injury, Kleber was actually setting more picks per 36 minutes for Doncic than even Porzingis.)"

So how do we get rid of Powell?

I'm not sure you do.  No decision needs to be made until Summer of 21 at the earliest.  You can see what you have post-injury in the 20/21 season.  Who's to say he can't still be an effective bench contributor (like the two seasons prior to this one).  If you get to July 21 and IF he's not worth keeping and IF his salary interferes with something you wish to do, you stretch waive him for a little over $4m per year.  No need to hurry the process.

(Taken from another thread)

It has to be made on draft night, IF we trade our 1st round pick. That´s the only potential trade, where we can swing the talent/asset pendulum so much in our favour that a Powell dump becomes a possibility.


Say

Gordon for Powell + Wright + 1st round pick.

You can still use your MLE as long as the contract is team-friendly and immediately tradeable (buyers-market).

2021/2022

Porzingis 31.6
Kleber/Curry/DFS/Brunson 23.0
Gordon 16.4
Doncic 10.0
----------------------
$81.0M on a projected $125M.

That core and $44M in capspace. We in business my friends.