04-29-2023, 07:35 AM
(04-29-2023, 03:39 AM)omahen Wrote: So Mavs effectively used a FRP to dump a couple of BaE level expiring salaries and a couple of vet min. Because they were too cheap to spend the 5 mil or just eat the additional tax. Really shows their commitment to building a contender.
Kevin Gray Jr. on Twitter: "Mavs writer @tim_cato for @TheAthletic joined me on my podcast today to discuss the Mavs disappointing season Here we talk what went wrong with the Christian Wood experiment & if the Mavs ever truly wanted him Pod: https://t.co/r3CRKYGQYn YouTube: https://t.co/sw738mITK8 #MFFL https://t.co/PgbTbYxHWp" / Twitter
Cato has said that last part (trying to trade him immediately upon acquiring him) from the very beginning. I can recall him saying Wood might not make it to camp or the season opener. My interpretation of that was they’d wait until he could be aggregated and then make a move. Of course that never happened and to be fair, no one else that I know of reported that. If true, it certainly lends credence to the idea that the deal was all about moving the excess salaries.
If one ascribes to the idea that they would have taken Hardy with #26 and if the Mav’s had the deal for the second used for Hardy lined up in advance (certainly possible), then the price to dump salaries was really the two seconds they gave up to get the Hardy pick.