10-25-2020, 01:52 AM
(10-24-2020, 10:51 PM)loki Wrote: Here's my semi-realistic but over-engineered offseason plan. This would improve the roster next year, allow Dallas to keep their picks, stay out of the luxury tax, and clear a 2021 max slot. I hope the Mavs have something like this in mind rather than a depressing salary dump using the draft picks.
Draft
1) DAL Out: #31, 2021 & 2022 2nd
PHI Out: #34, #36
Philadelphia is already fighting the luxury tax and they have four 2nd rounders. Some sort of consolidating move seems likely.
2) DAL Out: Curry, Jackson, #34
DAL In: Schroder
MIL Out: Ilyasova, #24
MIL In: Curry
OKC Out: Schroder
OKC In: Ilyasova, Jackson, #24, #34
OKC gets two picks for Schroder before he walks, Dallas gets a secondary playmaker, and Milwaukee gets an elite shooter to make teams pay for doubling Giannis.
3) Draft Tyrese Maxey at 18
4) Draft Paul Reed at 36
Free Agency
1) THJ and WCS opt-in
2) DAL Out: THJ, Wright
DAL In: OPJ
CHI Out: OPJ
CHI In: Richardson, Wright, Scott
PHI Out: Richardson, Scott
PHI In: THJ
Hardaway makes a lot of sense for a team in need of shooting like Philadelphia. Dallas would find OPJ much more useful at SF rather than playing THJ out of position. Chicago I'm the least sure of, but they do get two useful players for one who has been constantly injured. Plan B would be to do the deal straight up for Richardson. Or simply keep THJ at the 3 if you prefer and try to move Wright in a separate deal.
3) Sign Reed w/ MLE ($1.5M in year 1, year 3 & 4 non-guaranteed)
4) Re-sign Burke w/ MLE ($4.2M in year 1, year 2 & 3 non-guaranteed)
5) DAL Out: WCS, Lee (S&T), $5.6M cash
NYK Out: Harkless (S&T)
Harkless - $11.2M in year one, year 2 & 3 non-guaranteed
Lee - $5.6M in year one, year 2 & 3 non-guaranteed
Dallas gets a quality backup SF. Since it's a 1 year contract I gave Harkless as large a deal as possible while staying under the tax. Perhaps it's enough to sign him even if there are smaller multi-year offers on the table. New York takes a flyer on WCS, and Dallas pays for them to waive Lee if desired.
6) Re-sign Barea and MKG (vet min - counts as $1.6M each)
Depth Chart
Luka / Brunson / Barea
Schroder / Maxey / Burke
OPJ / Harkless / MKG
DFS / Kleber / Reed
KP / Powell / Boban
Total Salary: $132.6M
Luxury Tax: $132.6M (projected)
2021 Cap Space
KP 31.7
Powell 11.1
Luka 10.2
Kleber 8.8
DFS 4.0
Maxey 3.0
Brunson 1.8
Reed 1.5
Min x4 3.6
Total: $75.7M
Space: $33.4M (need $32.7M for a max deal)
Why do we need a max slot, when we not just make ourself worse next year but also make MIL extremly better.
Would like a Wright-Harkless swap.