2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

So Knicks have Mitchell Robinson on a cheap deal. Hornets need a center. Hornets could trade Rozier to Knicks for Robinson straight up honestly for Rozier who is on his last year. We also know they like kid Brunson. Mavs could trade Brunson to the Knicks for Rozier with Robinson headed to the Hornets. J Rich could also be in an opt-in and extend deal that moves him to the Knicks or Hornets.

Mavs would essentially be upgrading Brunson to Rozier which would solve a need. Mavs would use net 16 mil of cap space I think for this, still leaving 18 or so to keep THJ as the main 6th man.

Alternatively if Mavs were able to send opted in WCS maybe you could get an over the cap-deal done. Something like WCS, Brunson to Knicks, J Rich to Knick or Hornets, Rozier to Mavs, Robinson to Hornets.

I believe J Rich at almost 11.6 plus Brunson 1.8, WCS at 4.2 is enough for salary matching incoming Rozier. If you did all that, netting Rozier and being able to stay over the cap that would be pretty big bc it means you get full MLE + BAE and can more easily resign THJ. The MLE would be used to sign another bench guy, maybe Dragic. BAE could be cheap big like Gasol.

Rotation like:

Luka/Dragic
Rozier/THJ
DFS/Green
Powell/Maxi
KP/Gasol