Realistically, there are only two possible trade Mavs will do until summer, pending some injuries or very bad start:
- trade Lee for a better player on worse contract or worse contract and asset
- sign someone in our TE. Miami and OKC look like possible partners
If other players perform real bad it is not likely someone will want them and we can't afford to spend any more assets for minor improvements. If they perform as they did, we have a bunch of glorified role players - trade is again unlikely. If they perform much better - well, why would we want to trade them in this case?
If we need to cut someone this year because of some trades, my guess would be that Ryan from accounting will be the one.
We have 12 players unders contract for next season. Assuming we flip Lee for someone, this can jump to 13. We have our first round pick and 2 second rounders in the next draft. So there might be more moves in the summer.
- trade Lee for a better player on worse contract or worse contract and asset
- sign someone in our TE. Miami and OKC look like possible partners
If other players perform real bad it is not likely someone will want them and we can't afford to spend any more assets for minor improvements. If they perform as they did, we have a bunch of glorified role players - trade is again unlikely. If they perform much better - well, why would we want to trade them in this case?
If we need to cut someone this year because of some trades, my guess would be that Ryan from accounting will be the one.
We have 12 players unders contract for next season. Assuming we flip Lee for someone, this can jump to 13. We have our first round pick and 2 second rounders in the next draft. So there might be more moves in the summer.