2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

I want to spend a little time talking about freeing up picks for superstar trades. 

Thanks for the great elaborate. I am not so convinced Houston would be willing to give picks to get rid of Gordon, because why would they? They have to spend salary on someone and their main task is to gather picks, not give them away. Even bad ones. But nevertheless, my conclusion would be - where is a will there is a way. It is just a question how much would it cost. Perhaps OKC or Houston would give us their worst pick for Brunson. Mavs can create ability to offer 2022, 2024 and 2026 unprotected picks. Problem that remains is that we can't really offer much else, especially if KP value is really very low. Yesterday I gave an example of three team trade with Washington and Portland, that would give us following team before exception money:

Luka, Terry
Dame, JRich
DFS, Hutchinson, Bey
Kleber, Bertans
Powell, WCS

Calculate zero assets for a foreseable future. Is this really a team that screams multiple titles? A team that would give Dame confidence to come? Can exception money cover all the holes?