2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[mvossman]

How are you adding both Conley and Oubre while keeping Maxi? Losing THJ, JRich, and WCS only adds up to about 36 million, no?


Anyway, with THJ, if he's leaving, wouldn't it be possible to do a 3-team trade? THJ traded to the team with cap space he's chosen, Conley traded to the Mavs, big TPE to Utah. A small piece like Burke can be added somewhere is the money needs to add up. That lets you still work over the cap so you'd get MLE+BAE.

Personally I'm completely out on Oubre, he just seems like a more athletic JRich with a worse attitude.

I think it will actually be 34 mil.  I peg Conley at around 3/72.  That would start at 22.  That gives you 12 left for Oubre.  You could sign him to a 4/55 (which is more than he is worth).  You would basically have the pick of the litter of the MLE level players.  Like you, there are a lot of them I would take over Oubre.

That trade makes the most sense since it does not rely on Utah taking on our players.  I'm not sure how much they value a TPE with their tax issues and what does the third team get?  The Mavs might have to pass around some seconds to make that happen, but in that scenario you could trade JRich for Oubre (or somebody better) keep THJ and spend the MLE.  Of course looking at the post above, that would have 2022 salary at 180+.