07-25-2023, 09:26 PM
(07-25-2023, 07:42 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I’m less convinced than you that Atlanta would take Holmes and McGee for Capela.
That's fair.
But if we remove McGee and explore a McGee-Capella swap one-for-one, the salary does not trade match (and the cap implications are fairly significant in favor of ATL). So it requires SOME salary added to be legal, and even more to make it an even-money swap. McGee is really the only "filler" type of add-on the Mavs have (and he makes the trade legal, but still does NOT make the money swap even for DAL). Every other small DAL salary is either not trade-eligible, or of enough inherent value (Hardy or Green or the 2023 picks) that it skews the balance of the whole trade.
If ATL wants to discuss it, starting with a Capela-Holmes swap, then McGee is added to be filler (but ATL is still getting a cap boost for 2 years), and then let's fine tune a bit further with a small tweak via small value in a pick, let's talk. But not convinced that Capela as a 2-year band-aid moves the needle enough to go beyond that sort of discussion.