(05-28-2021, 10:40 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: Good catch, I forgot there are 3 levels in Non-Tax trades... I prefer building assets which is why I like using the full MLE without gutting the cupboard to create space...
I like J-Rich as an expiring contract for a future trade. I would also see bringing in Dragic as move that would eventually allow a trade of Brunson with some salary like Richardson or Powell for the ever elusive starting caliber 2-way wing...
I agree that working over the cap makes the most sense in their situation, with the talent they already have and the salary obligations that exist or are looming (unless the Mavs discover an available top 2-way star, which seems completely unlikely),
I think J-Rich and WCS options will both be exercised without much ado, and with the Mavs apparently set on keeping THJ, they're over-cap.
In that context, they really won't have an opening or need for a starting wing. It's DFS and THJ.
So my summer would aim for Batum with MLE (hopefully at less than MLE, say 6-7M) to be their main backup wing (hoping he wants to hop on a bandwagon with a modest raise, although who knows if his price would be more), and perhaps a J-Rich/??? swap as my primary moves. In theory you do have the potential for an outgoing Redick snt, either instead of J-Rich being swapped or in addition to. But I don't see a lot of new faces being added next season, maybe just 2-3.
I'd love to find a way to scoop up Holmes, but just don't see a practical way to make it happen. You'd have to move DP, and find a way to do a snt with SAC for Holmes, a 2-fer which feels like it's just not doable. It seems more likely they return the same bigs.