06-04-2021, 04:59 AM
Looking at Portland. Assuming they resign Powell at some 20 mil they will have 140 mil of committed salary on 5 starters, 3 meh reserves (Little, Simons, Eleby) and Jones Jr who fell out of rotation. McCollum and Powell seem redundant. They need a true PF moving RoCo to SF. KP doesn't fill their needs unless they also move Nurkic. So the deal would need to be huge. Without going into three or more teams options, a core of Dallas - Portland deal could be:
Por: Porzingis, Kleber
Dal: McCollum, Nurkic
McCollum market value is probably higher than KP. Same contract, McCollum is older but better. Portland would have to love the idea of KP. Kleber brings them the legit stretch PF defender. Could be a glue piece for them, especially if KP could return at least a bit to his defense playing days. Nurkic production is higher, but he only has one year left on his deal. This means Dallas has to add something to equalize the value.
One thing we can do is take DJJ contract and save 10 mil of their huge tax bill, which gives them more options resigning their guys or signing MLE backups. DJJ could be the bench SF/PF and a body to throw at Kawhi of the world. But we would desperately need a stretch four next to Nurkic and our options would be very limited if we resign Hardaway. We could operate over the cap if we add WCS to the deal either to Portland or somewhere else. Would Markkanen take MLE level prove it contract? Pipedream probably. Batum looks like best possible option.
The other option is Brunson. With McCollum in and if Mavs resign THJ, there is realistically not enough minutes for him and Green could pick up those remaining guard minutes as fourth guard. Portland could use a reliable PG behind Lillard on a cheap contract. If DJJ is not included in the trade, Mavs would have some 15-20 of cap space left for a stretch PF.
Luka, Burke, Terry
McCollum, THJ
DFS, Green
free agent, rMLE
Nurkic, Powell
As a conclusion, I am not really convinced. McCollum solves our secondary scoring problem, but our defensive hole gets bigger and we would spend most of our assets.
Por: Porzingis, Kleber
Dal: McCollum, Nurkic
McCollum market value is probably higher than KP. Same contract, McCollum is older but better. Portland would have to love the idea of KP. Kleber brings them the legit stretch PF defender. Could be a glue piece for them, especially if KP could return at least a bit to his defense playing days. Nurkic production is higher, but he only has one year left on his deal. This means Dallas has to add something to equalize the value.
One thing we can do is take DJJ contract and save 10 mil of their huge tax bill, which gives them more options resigning their guys or signing MLE backups. DJJ could be the bench SF/PF and a body to throw at Kawhi of the world. But we would desperately need a stretch four next to Nurkic and our options would be very limited if we resign Hardaway. We could operate over the cap if we add WCS to the deal either to Portland or somewhere else. Would Markkanen take MLE level prove it contract? Pipedream probably. Batum looks like best possible option.
The other option is Brunson. With McCollum in and if Mavs resign THJ, there is realistically not enough minutes for him and Green could pick up those remaining guard minutes as fourth guard. Portland could use a reliable PG behind Lillard on a cheap contract. If DJJ is not included in the trade, Mavs would have some 15-20 of cap space left for a stretch PF.
Luka, Burke, Terry
McCollum, THJ
DFS, Green
free agent, rMLE
Nurkic, Powell
As a conclusion, I am not really convinced. McCollum solves our secondary scoring problem, but our defensive hole gets bigger and we would spend most of our assets.