12-23-2020, 01:12 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-23-2020, 01:14 AM by SkenfromLMF.)
I am in a weird place when it comes to this roster...
I really wanted Dallas to use Lee and Powell to be the basis of an overpay in salary but for better player... Tobias Harris is the most egregious of this type of target, but I was willing to play along in the fantasy of Rudy Gobert as the best case one could hope for...
Now with the summer of '21 becoming a dud rather than a blast off, losing Lee and his 1 yr guaranteed salary really hurts the plan to trade from a low salary position. Sure Johnson and THJ or Johnson and Powell can net a large salary return, it also means the Mavs will have to really cut into the rotation to get a deal done.
Something to look for in a potential deal. Let us say that Dallas makes a deal which requires multiple pieces going out - Johnson THJ and a rookie/Brunson for Hield for example - and the receiving team would prefer to deal minimum salaried players back to Dallas rather than cut them to fit in the the new pieces... Look for Dallas to waive those minimum players and bring back Lee/Barea. The goal here is that Lee, as long as he does not sign with another team first, would regain his Bird Rights at the end of a contract with Dallas even if it is the prorated minimum.
I want Courtney Lee to get PAID one last time by Dallas in a trade bringing in a piece who makes too much, but is an improvement on the squad.
BTW it is difficult to discern Dust from Powder if you don't use it properly or in a timely manner. When they are in the wind they are both basically useless.
But LUST lingers
I really wanted Dallas to use Lee and Powell to be the basis of an overpay in salary but for better player... Tobias Harris is the most egregious of this type of target, but I was willing to play along in the fantasy of Rudy Gobert as the best case one could hope for...
Now with the summer of '21 becoming a dud rather than a blast off, losing Lee and his 1 yr guaranteed salary really hurts the plan to trade from a low salary position. Sure Johnson and THJ or Johnson and Powell can net a large salary return, it also means the Mavs will have to really cut into the rotation to get a deal done.
Something to look for in a potential deal. Let us say that Dallas makes a deal which requires multiple pieces going out - Johnson THJ and a rookie/Brunson for Hield for example - and the receiving team would prefer to deal minimum salaried players back to Dallas rather than cut them to fit in the the new pieces... Look for Dallas to waive those minimum players and bring back Lee/Barea. The goal here is that Lee, as long as he does not sign with another team first, would regain his Bird Rights at the end of a contract with Dallas even if it is the prorated minimum.
I want Courtney Lee to get PAID one last time by Dallas in a trade bringing in a piece who makes too much, but is an improvement on the squad.
BTW it is difficult to discern Dust from Powder if you don't use it properly or in a timely manner. When they are in the wind they are both basically useless.
But LUST lingers