11-05-2020, 06:06 PM
(11-05-2020, 06:01 PM)omahen Wrote: He, he. I really don't understand how you don't see all the benefits of trading for him. Because of the simple fact that he is overpaid, we can hope to get assets in this kind of trade. So we get a good player that fits on the team and we have a ton of options to further improve it. Alternatives are:
a) paying all our assets for similar type of players greatly decreasing any other opportunity to improve or
b) competing with half of the league who will pay max contract to the Oladipo and Hayward types in 2021 FA. Which will also cost assets as we will need to dump THJ and more to create space.
Not all Mavs math is about the legality of acquiring players over the salary cap. Some of it has to do with Cuban's financial bottom line. I simply don't think a team where Luka, KP and Tobias Fünke as your max players can reach contender status. For me, it's about what you can do AFTER those three are in place.