2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

The other thing you have to bear in mind is that players don’t just sit around waiting to help you out.
If a team gives a big offer to THJ or Richardson they are going to take it.
Not wait around just to help the Mavs do some sign and trades.

Perfectly aware of that. First of all most of negotiating should be done before FA opens. As it happened in previous years. NBA might try to change that, but I don't believe it really is possible. So, when you know where the player wants to go, you offer the team a second rounder to do a SnT instead of just signing them in the cap space. Same stuff Boston did with Hayward. And Charlotte and Hayward had no problem waiting a couple of days for Boston to explore options. They are in full control. You can sign the other to a contract on day 1. You are operating over the cap, so you don't need the cap space.