2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

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?

I think the thing I didn't care for is you did this under the cap in order to maximize savings for Portland.  I don't presume they would go into full rebuild mode yet.  In my Charlotte based deal, I was able to generate significant savings for Portland while staying over the cap.  I think keeping THJ and the ability to add a full MLE player would make your Washington based deal look better.  There is a version of this where Portland gets Thomas Bryant to pair with Nurkic, JRich, Green, Avdija and the picks you outline.  Portland is $21mm under the tax line with room to sign Norman Powell.

For those who object to fantasy trades involving Lillard, this whole thing started under the assumption that he specifically demands a trade to Dallas.  Other teams can clearly offer better packages.  I do believe Lillard is boiling the frog a bit through his mouthpiece in the media and certainly could move this offseason.  I also believe it is within the realm of possibility that with Kidd and Nico here he "could" specify Dallas.  It isn't a high likelihood event, but it isn't impossible either.

The updated trade that includes Washington might leave Dallas with something like:

Luka/Brunson/Terry
Dame/THJ/Burke
DFS/THJ/Bey
Maxi/Bertans/Bey
Full MLE/Powell/WCS