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[omahen]

G. Williams - (Boston can't afford)
 

He is a very interesting piece, imho. If a cap space offers an over the MLE salary, Boston likely lets him walk. However, things get trickier if we are speaking about a non cap space team, for example Mavs. 

All Mavs can offer is a full MLE. But since Boston would have three days to match, Mavs would basically miss the chance on all other targets in this time frame. No one good (Brown, for example) would appreciate being the second option. And if his contract is MLE only, can we be really sure, Boston wouldn't match that? So I think, Boston would have to be involved, which means at least a minor asset needs to go to them. Mavs problem is, they don't have a minor asset. Would 5 mil cash be enough to convince Boston to let G.Williams go? 

The problems are even bigger, if Grant would want more than MLE. Than you can't do it without Boston and they don't really want any salary back. So you need other small assets for a third team to eat some salary (Bullock, for example), to make the trade work. Small assets, which again, Mavs don't have.

Unless Mavs are trading 2027 pick for a bunch of smaller stuff, I find it difficult for Mavs to pull off the Williams thing.