02-24-2022, 04:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-24-2022, 08:07 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(02-24-2022, 01:14 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1496603027196854276
The buzz is Kemba wouldn't take any further discount, having already taken one in OKC, to be bought out there. That, and/or NY wants to have his contract for use in a trade this summer.
BTW, Kemba plus Reddish gets you to the area where they can match the 125% rule for a S&T for Brunson at a starting number of $19mm that avoids BYC with Dallas being a taxpayer.
Or Kemba plus Toppin gets you to the area where they can match the 125% rule for a S&T for Brunson at a starting number of $18mm that avoids BYC with Dallas being a taxpayer.
The numbers require a second Mav as part of the outgoing...either Brown or Burke. Add picks as you feel it necessary.
Unrelated, the NBA Front Office Podcast yesterday discussed a report (no citation) that Holmes would likely be traded this summer. Both of the guys tabbed Dallas as the likely destination. They mentioned Bullock as a logical match or maybe something involving THJ with more outgoing coming back from Sac (like Holmes plus Mo Harkless). I like the latter deal for both teams. Dallas saves $3.8mm in the swap. I could see sending the pick and Bertans to a cap room team to save another $18.2mm if getting under the tax is a priority. I believe they can pay Brunson in the $18-$19mm range and stay under the tax between those two deals, upgrade the C position and create a sizable TPE. There is more matching flexibility obviously to trading player plus pick for another player, but maybe saving money allows them to use the TP-MLE or the TPE at the deadline where not having that flexibility keeps them from doing anything.
Holmes/Powell
DFS/Maxi
Bullock/Green/Harkless
Brunson/SD
Luka/SD