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

[Mapka]

Hayward is not a useless defender. He’s a legitimate two-way player, imo.

Hayward from my seat is at least a neutral defender, so he isn't going to make things worse on D at worst probably.

Only place that makes sense for Hayward is an ambitious team with capspace like Atlanta. Who in the world will pay him so much money during a pandemic, that he´d opt out of $34M guaranteed. Most guys will stick with their big pre-COVID contracts, then sign short term deals and hope that once a vaccine is developed a cap rise and positive projections will get them bigger contracts again. To find a team that makes it worthwhile to opt out of $34M, you are talking at least 100/4 and it will probably be even more.

A Trade&Extend could be his way to go.
The 34 Mio stay and then 2 years at about 20Mio.