DAL OFFSEASON: Trade & FA | Mavs "mostly done...but you never know."

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https://twitter.com/NBATheJump/status/13...0779614208

To have enough space in a $109mm cap world and assuming we make our picks and keep the minimal hold on WCS and don’t spend the MLE on a multi-year guy, the cost of Giannis cap space in 2021 is:

THJ
Wright
Any value it might take to move Wright
Maxi 

THJ expires.  Maxi, if healthy, is easily traded (probably to the Bucks).  The question is whether you deal Wright for an expiring player now or take the chance you have to find a taker with cap room in 2020.

One other thing to point out is S&T’s can be guaranteed for only one year (but have to be three years).  So, we are stuck with making trades just for expiring players.  We can do a Wright deal for a Free Agent if the FA’s team is willing to take Wright and the Free Agent is willing to take only one year guaranteed.  Thankfully, in the economics of 2020, some predict there will be players willing to take such a deal and push their free agency to 2021.

A Powell stretch-waive could come in handy if he can't be moved. That along with dumping Wright (I would probably wait until the TDL before moving) would put Dallas at $30M in cap room. Should be fairly easy to create a max slot from there without giving up Maxi.