"There have been 2 trades that has put teams in overflow of roster spots. The Wood trade and the Gobert trade."
I also had the general impression that both HOU and UT were over-populated with players, but apparently only HOU (with 18 currently) has too many. They have 2 of their 18 with no guarantee. Many small salary players. As for UT, they are only at 14, although they would probably have more attractive targets for the Mavs (such as Clarkson, Bodganovic, Conley). FWIW I did not look to see if any other teams have too many.
"we can make a 2 for 1 trade to alleviate the need to waive players. Esp using an expiring like Powell."
In theory that works. But if the Mavs are taking 2 and sending 1, with that 1 being Powell, his salary is so LOW (which feels weird to say) that it will be hard to find a suitable two-player return. Usually players making even less than Powell are ones teams prefer to keep. I'd surmise HOU doesn't have what DAL would want, which is the whole point for DAL.
"Burke gets waived and we sign him"
Can't happen. Mavs would not be eligible to sign Burke until summer 2023, in general. The rule is that DAL can sign him if HOU waives him at the earliest of 1 year after trade, or the end of the contract term with DAL. There are possible exceptions, so rare they have never happened, and require Burke to end up on a diff team before being waived.
I also had the general impression that both HOU and UT were over-populated with players, but apparently only HOU (with 18 currently) has too many. They have 2 of their 18 with no guarantee. Many small salary players. As for UT, they are only at 14, although they would probably have more attractive targets for the Mavs (such as Clarkson, Bodganovic, Conley). FWIW I did not look to see if any other teams have too many.
"we can make a 2 for 1 trade to alleviate the need to waive players. Esp using an expiring like Powell."
In theory that works. But if the Mavs are taking 2 and sending 1, with that 1 being Powell, his salary is so LOW (which feels weird to say) that it will be hard to find a suitable two-player return. Usually players making even less than Powell are ones teams prefer to keep. I'd surmise HOU doesn't have what DAL would want, which is the whole point for DAL.
"Burke gets waived and we sign him"
Can't happen. Mavs would not be eligible to sign Burke until summer 2023, in general. The rule is that DAL can sign him if HOU waives him at the earliest of 1 year after trade, or the end of the contract term with DAL. There are possible exceptions, so rare they have never happened, and require Burke to end up on a diff team before being waived.