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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Have the best possible product to show to Giannis rather than strip the team down and pray.

I don't think anyone is promoting this option. Trading longer term players for (better) short term players is not stripping down. It just gives options in 2021.

This is obviously the theory behind this idea.  Curry, Maxi and THJ all made Tier 5 in yesterdays The Athletic league-wide ranking of players (so 80-125).  None of them would have been there a year ago (thank you Luka).  As you said in your post...our guys are an inch away from being all-stars and everyone else's guys are broken down trash.  Anyway, they ranked Dipo (the current version) somewhere in the 50-60 range and said he'd be top 30-38 if he returned to form.  

I'm sorry, but Dipo DOES make this team better in 2020 AND the proposed deal gives you max room for 2021.  HIBW's.

As to the salary math, let's keep it simple.  Status quo is $93mm.  That includes KP, Powell, Luka, Maxi, Wright, Curry,  DFS, Brunson, 18, 31 at a second year minimum using some of the MLE), the WCS hold of $2.9mm and $900k for two empty slots to get to 13.  It is easier to follow if you just include the who kitchen sink.  We need to get to $76.4 and so $16.6mm has to go.  Wright is presumably $8.5mm of that, so find the other $8.1mm.