2020-2021 MAVS NEWS: Archived

[F Gump]

Because DFS is NOT better than most of them in a 1-1 deal, and those teams will hang up the phone for Dallas even thinking that, asterisks included. DFS is a good role player, nothing more, nothing less..

Actually DFS is much more valuable than "a good role player, nothing more..."

DFS certainly has really good value as a player. But he also has value - real trade value and team-building value - in the fact that he only eats up $4M of your payroll. In a cap world, that's like giving you another MLE slot, or more, to fix a different need too. The salary truly matters.

So if some team wants to trade for him, unless they are willing to provide ALL of that value in return, no deal. That would be somehow factored into any swap.

Since the Mavs need the payroll benefit and a 3-and-D wing as much as anyone, he won't be made available unless the value in return is way higher than "a good role player, nothing more..." - it probably would be a deal that lands a real star.