2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[omahen]

But to be able to trade the people you need to trade, they need to be on reasonable contracts.

Riley actually had horrible contracts and it cost him just one first round pick and Richardson to dump 25 mil Whiteside to sign Butler and Leonard.

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If Cuban can´t sign an All-Star with max money next summer, he should sell the team.

We have been through this so many times... Only three allstar players are UFA next summer, if they don't resign. Giannis, Oladipo and Gobert. Gobert is a bad fit. So that leaves two. Is Oladipo even a max guy? George, Kawhi, LeBron (too old anyway?) are all player options and I have a hard time to see them gone from LA to Dallas. Theoretically there is also Davis, but same as above. All the rest are too old to be worth max or not max worthy.

So basically you are betting everything on Giannis to Dallas.

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I'm a huge proponent of dumping Wright, Powell, and (depending on what he does this offseason) THJ

Here is a wild proposal. Trade all three mentioned plus picks for DeRozan and Aldridge. DeRozan takes THJ role, Aldridge should accept coming as first big from the bench. This gives you some 50 mil of cap space in 2021 for that star. Aldridge and DeRozan can resign for small money to chase their rings. Their expirings could also be used for trade at TDL. 

DeRozan intrigues me a bit. I know about the shooting and defense, but it is not like they will leave him open. And he can create for himself.