04-28-2021, 11:57 AM
(04-28-2021, 11:53 AM)F Gump Wrote: If the Mavs can move Powell with no salary coming back (or use him as outgoing in getting a SNT player), and keep WCS, they can split about 43.3M in salary on 3 players.
So for example, they could add Holmes for 13M, one high-dollar scoring guard for 29.5M, and the 3rd a minimum salary guy. In essence, you've swapped Powell for Holmes, and J-Rich/THJ for a much better player (presumably) and a worse one. There are lots of ways to split that, of course.
There would still be the room MLE left (about 5M) plus minimums.
This was exactly my point. I am not against Holmes or Graham. I am just certain that having 18 mil invested in two back up bigs is way too much and waste of cap space, as harsh it may sound. Mavs can't really improve if they just let two nothing special starters walk for another two nothing special starters. If Mavs decide to seek improvement in the frontcourt, they should move Powell for a bigger need, imho.