TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Smitty]

I like that better than my version.  I was trying too hard to add Springer.  Bassey makes more sense given that we already have developmental Green and Hardy already.  So, with Bassey you have a center, a wing and a scoring guard that you hope will grow into something.

The thing I find interesting about this line of thinking is it turns KP, expiring Powell and our 2021 MLE into Dinwiddie, Harris, Thybulle, Bassey and a second.  I use the 2021 MLE to try to take some emotion out of trading Bullock.  Man, he was great in the playoffs.  Not wanting to disrespect what he did, but if you consider this Thybulle for Bullock, Thybulle is just in another world defensively.  He's already a 2x All-Defensive Team at 24.  Now you are turning KP/Powell into Dinwiddie/Harris (and a bunch of nothing into Christian Wood).  

If, as I presume, Thybulle would start, Nico will have added three players to the starting lineup around Luka and DFS in Wood, Harris and Thybulle.  Two can score 20 on any given night (and average between 17 and 20 for their careers) and one is a DPOY candidate.  Nico will have also added a Sixth Man candidate in Dinwiddie and a Powell replacement who is better defensively and a better rebounder in McGee (plus Bassey and Hardy)  That would be a pretty significant roster churn in a year.

What are the salary/tax ramifications of this trade?

Quick math: 

Reggie (10M) + Bertans (16M) + Powell (11M) = 37M outgoing
Harris (37.6M) + Thybulle (4.4M) + Bassey (1.5M) = 43.5M incoming

+6.5M

I do find it hard to believe that Cuban would make a trade that would increase his tax bill. By my count, that also makes Wood, Thybulle, Maxi, Frank, Pinson free agents next year? The first three supposedly being critical to team success and due a bigger contract, more than likely, meaning an even bigger bill next year...