TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[ItsGoTime]

“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.

The Utah thing is interesting. I was thinking with them a trade like Powell for Gay and Azubuike. Then I saw Azubuike has a TO that has to be picked up before trade. Not a big needle mover, just gets possible better fitting parts on more reasonable contracts.