08-15-2020, 08:17 AM
(08-15-2020, 07:04 AM)omahen Wrote:(08-15-2020, 06:44 AM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Why in the world would they feel pressured to do some dumb deals now? That´s just a normal cap situation.
You can't say you are resigning Bogi and then not include him in your mix. You can't just make Joseph dissapear from their books, even if you buy him out. It is a simple cap math, that Sacramento has no cap space for the foreseable future if they keep the guys mentioned and resign Bogi and Fox. So you can't just magically offer max to Gobert, even if you don't extend Fox this season (which they will probably do). I repeat again - 7 players will cost them 110 mil in 2021. If you don't extend Fox, that is still 90 mil and they still don't have no where near cap space for max offer.
If you want cap space, you have to get rid of some combination of Hield, Barnes, Joseph by taking shorter term money back. I think we can agree this can only be done if you take back worse players or pay assets.
(08-15-2020, 06:44 AM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Do you think the Mavs have a bad cap situation, cause they pay Wright and Powell $20M until 2022.
This is just silly. Off course Wright and Powell are bad contracts, but it is just 18 mil per season. Sacramento has 58 mil of bad contracts next season (Barnes, Hield, Joseph). Mavs have two all stars and only one is paid as such. Mavs have zero role players paid 20+ per. If Mavs keep the core and add the 2020 rookie, we have some 87 mil committed in 2021 with 9 players under contract. If cap remains the same, we need to dump Powell to get to max contract range.
Why would they worry about their cap next season, which technically began six weeks ago.
Do you freak out over the $30Ms, that we pay THJ, Jackson, WCS and Boban next year? Nope.
They have the following cap for 2021/2022
Hield* 23
Barnes 20.3
Bogdanovic (official offer sheet) 12.3
Bagley 11.3
Fox 10.7
13th pick (2nd season) 3.5 (estimate)
13th pick (rookie season) 3.0 (estimate)
Dead money (Joseph) 2.4
That´s $86.5M. They can easily get that max money slot. Just not re-signing Bogdanovic this summer does the trick already. They can take their two projected lottery picks and combine them with their only "bad" contract in Barnes.
Btw who do you think had a better record over the last 28 games of the season: Kings, Mavs, Pelicans or Suns.
Pelicans 13-15.
Mavs 14-14.
Suns 15-13.
Kings 16-12.
So they are seemingly on an upward trajectory under a new coach, while getting nothing from their injured #2 pick.
They are under no pressure to make some of these suggested lopsided trades. They´ll just massage their 2021 cap figure, try to get Bagley healthy and find a difference maker in 2021 free agency.
They definitely have a free clear path to make a substantial offer to a center like Gobert, Drummond or Adams or swing a trade for guys like Jarrett Allen, Jaxson Hayes or Mo Bamba. They need some rim protection.
*I´m not even getting into an argument about whether I believe Hield is a bad contract or not, cause he was clearly defined by SleepingHero as not.