2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[SamStetz]

Mavs can choose to be flexible based on how things are progressing. If no J Rich trade materializes then they would be better served as an under the cap team more likely. I think THJ will get ab 17 mil which would leave ab 17 + rMLE. WCS has a good chance to return again using the rMLE. 17 mil could fetch someone who could start or be a 6th man.

Dragic, Dinwiddie, Oladipo, Graham all seem like candidates you could get for that 17 mil number (or less). If you can find one guy you could still find a couple of role guys for that money and start THJ. I like that THJ has flex in terms of being able to start or come off the bench.

In the event Dallas operated under the cap, I like the plan you laid out but I tend to think if Dallas brings back THJ, it makes more sense to stay over the cap. WCS could have his team option picked up. You mention Dinwiddie as a candidate at 17mil, Dallas could S&T Redick to Brooklyn (at no less then 12mil per year) for him, still operate over the cap to utilize the full MLE, and explore JRich trade options to bolster the bench. (I didn’t do the math so I’m not sure whether we’ve reach luxury tax territory, that could sway the thinking or at least the potential return for a JRich trade) 

The biggest question I would have in this scenario would be this: is Dinwiddie (or any other Redick S&T option i.e. Danny Green) enough of an upgrade to the starting lineup/bench, that whatever tax penalties or hard cap triggers that come into place are worth the limited flexibility in a JRich trade and MLE signing? 

If you could turn Redick and JRich into Dinwiddie(S&T), T. Young(S&T), + MLE signing while keeping the rest of your roster the same, is that enough of an upgrade to limit in season flexibility from the hard cap?