2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Jason Terry]

Something we should probably all bake into our thinking is where big deals like this leave us relative to the 21/22 cap.  Do we want to spend the MLE in the summer?  If so, we have to work backwards from the hard cap (plus some margin for error) to see where we are after paying Collins and adding Gallo and Bogi (or any other big dollar trade) 

All that assumes Cuban will pay LT at all.  It may be that we have to work backwards from the LT once trades are completed and potential Free Agents are figured in.  I've not done the math on this one and much would depend on who is the outgoing and what you do with your current Free Agents.  But, the sheer volume of dollars going to Gallo, Bogi and a signed Collins makes me think this might be an issue.

That’s an important point and i do not think we will go into LT for 21/22. Mainly because of the impending Luka max though the following year and not because Cuban won’t go into LT(i think he will when we have all the championship pieces in place).

Having said that, there’s just not much available in FA this summer. Maybe there’s a specific situation like Dragic let’s us know he will come on board for the MLE. Outside of something like that i think if we were to bring in multiple guys(now) that we need to pay then we would just make arrangements this summer to make everyone fit. Bringing in Bogi would almost certainly mean either Hardaway or Richardson walks. And with KP off the books and we had Collins and Gallo then likely Maxi would play more 5 and there would be less a need to bring in someone expensive. 

Overall i guess we need to be mindful of the cap ramifications, but with so many teams with space and so few decent players available I think it’s more important to bring in the talent we need first then figure it out later.