11-15-2020, 01:22 AM
(11-13-2020, 04:53 PM)SleepingHero Wrote:(11-13-2020, 04:27 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I know the cap mathers will swoop in and say it's still technically possible to carve out a max slot, and that's awesome, but I don't think the Mavs do it without being able to live with him as the guy they've been looking for.
I mean any Lavine trade means we need to be shipping out some of our own players. Luka/KP are off the table. So who's left? We can't trade THJ unless he opts in. Which leaves Powell/Maxi/Seth/Jackson/Wright/Brunson.
All of those guys eat into our 21' cap space anyways. Which means any Lavine trade is just a consolidation of our contracts that already eat into that space. And I think Lavine is more than worth it when you look at the guys we'd be consolidating.
As it stands, the Mavs don't have a max spot anyways if 21' free agency began next week. We still need to make a trade regardless if we consolidated for Lavine or if we didn't. In one hypothetical scenario, lets say the Mavs sign Milsap to a 2 year MLE deal, and trade Lavine+OPJ for Powell+Wright+THJ+Brunson+and a pick. This would leave the Mavs about 20 mil off of a max deal the Giannis summer. Lavine's contract is 19.5 mil. Milsap would be a 10.5 mil expiring. The Mavs could easily trade Maxi or Seth and 8.5 mil a piece.
See how easy it becomes to carve out a max space? AND in the process the Mavs net a high flying young bucket getter that could easily fill the best 3rd option on a championship team.
OMG, I would do that trade so fast. Wow. Throw in future firsts if needed. That is a sell the future kind of trade!
Luka/Lavine/OPJ/Milsap/KP with an easy path to adding GA next year? IF Giannis is saying that money is secondary to championships, how does he say no to joining luka/lavine/kp? That is a SQUAD.
OK.. now, why does Chi do that?