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

[SleepingHero]

I see two things that might upset a KISS plan.  One is the opportunity to pick up a player who deserves a multi-year/greater than MLE deal for the MLE for one year.   It would be pretty hard to pass up Gallinari or Millsap for one year at $9mm as examples.  The other is moving 2021 salary.  Hollinger seemed to think moving Wright wouldn’t be that difficult. ... 31 to move Wright. 

Let's say Dallas offers Wright+31 to OKC (a team known to be aggressively accumulating picks) for a S&T Gallinari. Dallas could pay Gallo up to $14mm (only 1 year guaranteed, but quite a bit more than the MLE) or up to $19mm if they also include Jackson. That would kill your two birds with one stone.

Thats a simple, yet fantastic trade idea. Gallo solves a lot of issues this team had, especially when it comes to consistent 3rd option scoring. 

He isn't perfect. I waver day-to-day on how I feel about him. Somedays I think he'd be the perfect off-ball wing, other days I think he's too injury prone and plays no defense. Either way, swapping Gallo for Wright and Jackson is such a value add it's hard to not like the idea.

Plus I'd be willing to give Gallo a 1+1 with a team option with a salary as high as 19m because at worst, he can be a great salary matcher for larger contracts, and still doesn't eat up '21 space.