2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Mavs2021]

With Luka, Brunson and DFS extensions kicking in after next seasons Mavs will have decisions to make. Even if they operate under the cap and spend just some 115 mil this season, Luka at 35, Brunson at 10 and DFS at 10 mean roughly additional 45 mil of salary, at least 15 mil over the tax line. As we said many times before, unless Brunson is seen as a starter in the near future, he is more expandable than DFS. It aslo need to be noted Brunson, Maxi, WCS and DFS are all expiring. There is no realistic way for Mavs to have cap space in 2022. But is there another team aiming for that? 

There are ways to have capspace.

Porzingis 33.9 (reduce this salary by at least half in a trade, Harris/Bamba/pick, Turner/Lamb, Adams/Bledsoe)
Luka 25.4 (caphold, still nobody answered whether his super-max salary counts or the caphold? Anyone know?)
Powell 11.1
Kleber 9.0 (non-guaranteed)
DFS 7.6
Green 3.1
Burke 3.0
Terry 1.7

No doubt if you want to sign Lavine, you can move Kleber (non-guaranteed) + Powell (expiring) + Burke (expiring) + 1st to a team like OKC. That should be no problem at all. Two virtually firsts for 14M of Powell/Burke is a great deal.

Luka 40 (worst case, $15M more if it´s the caphold that counts)
Lavine 33
Turner 18
DFS 7.6
Green 3.1
Terry 1.7
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103.4

Against a projected cap of +$120M it´s possible.