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

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Makes perfect sense for Boston to invest a late pick/2nd round pick to create this giant trade exception.

They could just as easily do a threesome. No need for two separate trades and TPE. Not to mention I don't think taking Drummond is a really smart move.

Come on. That was obviously just an example and a trade exception can be used at any point in time for any player. A three-way forces them into a decision now.

Maybe the Celtics get an awesome deal for a big in free agency. Brook Lopez went for the BAE not so long ago. Suddenly they can use the TPE at the deadline on a big expiring like Oladipo, Aldridge, OPJ or DeRozan. A giant TPE gives Ainge a virtual max contract slot, when otherwise he´d just have the MLE. That´s obviously worth something to Boston and Atlanta has an incentive to delay the outright signing.