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[StepBackJay]

@"mvossman" I am with you on Lonzo being a better target I just think Lonzo's eyes are on Chicago and Mavs eyes are on Collins. I think the issue with Lonzo is not so much getting a deal done with the Pels, its getting Lonzo to sign. Lonzo doesn't have to sign with anyone he doesn't want to and there's strong reason to believe Chicago is his own real choice. So at that point its up to Pels and Chicago to arrange a deal and I do believe they will come to an agreement.

Now the Mavs angle here is jumping in on this deal to see if there are any moving parts the Mavs could get out of a multi-team trade.

All the Chicago pieces: Aminu, Markkanen (S&T), Sato, Young are interesting. On the Pels side Adams or I guess Hart  (S&T) would be interesting. Hart is not a guy I would want to spend MLE on but if you could flip WCS into a modest Hart contract then that would be good for me.

For Dallas, J Rich would be the primary outgoing piece, but NOP might have interest in WCS as part of a deal that sends Adams and Ball to Dallas. For example you could pay Hart a starting salary of 6 mil as part of that trade. 

This would be one of the many Collins-backup plans if that deal doesn't materialize. Mavs would get two rotation guys (Adams, Hart) while keeping the MLE for a ball-mover like Dragic.