2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

I can't really see an option to sign Grant for MLE. His PO is at MLE level and I am quite sure Denver would at least match if not exceed MLE to keep him. Unless he is really unhappy in Denver, I don't really see this one at all.

I think there are other PF types ahead of Grant for greater than MLE money and a fairly small number of teams that can go there.  So, Denver is the only team I can see being a fit above the MLE.  Dallas and a bunch of other good teams can use the MLE, which is a good number for Grant.  The question isn’t Denver matching.  As you know, he’s UFA.  The question is whether they are willing to exceed the MLE either in years or dollars using their Bird rights and exceed other bidders in terms of role.  I think he would easily start in Dallas moving DFS to a Swiss Army knife bench players.

Grant didn’t start in Denver this year and his numbers when sharing the court with Jokic aren’t nearly as good as Millsap’s.  Michael Porter is waiting in the wings to start at one of the forward slots and Plumlee and Millsap are also FA’s this summer.  Can Bol Bol play PF next to Jokic?  Point is they have some mouths to feed this summer and if anyone gets too expensive there are other options.  If Grant isn’t a starter there, can they afford him off the bench at the MLE?  

It is kind of like Wright.  Everyone thought he was good value at the MLE, but he didn’t fit as a starter and his on/off numbers aren’t great.  If he was free this summer would we re-sign him at the same number?  The most likely outcome is certainly that Grant stays, but I don’t think it is absolute at this point.