2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

It'd have to be in the summer where the Mavs would just need to send out WCS or perhaps even Powell, and renounce either JRich or THJ's hold if my math is correct.  They can still keep Melli/1 of THJ/JRich/Reddick's hold and make the trade. 

If the Mavs were to make the trade today and the only pieces were

DAL: Kemba
BOS: Horford
OKC: Powell+WCS

Dallas would just need to free 6.8 mil to get under the hard cap/lose 16 mil in salary, which can theoretically be done by renouncing a single caphold. 

I could be totally wrong. Perhaps someone who's more well versed in intricacies of the CBA could chime in, but from where I'm standing it'd be relatively easy for the Mavs to get Kemba in the offseason. Though doing so would cap them out and it'd essentially be their last big move they can make without touching the core. 


You do have a point regarding rule no.1, but Ainge has had quite the tough track record recently in trades. And getting Kemba for peanuts would be about as low risk/high reward there'd be, and Kemba doesn't have the locker room cancer attitude that Rondo had.

I am not a CBA expert either. You would be dumping 15 mil in outgoing salary so that gives you 40 mil of cap space with releasing THJ's cap hold assuming J Rich opts in. If J Rich opts out or is moved then you free up another 11 mil or so.

I think there is a scenario depending on what number J Rich or THJ signs at where you could keep one of those guys plus get Kemba. The difference in dollars from Kemba (36) and Powell + WCS (11 + 4) is 21 mil that you need so make up one way or another.