2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

Two things: 1) my understanding was that Chicago did not want *any* salary back in an LM SnT, so I find it rather befuddling that a trade via trade matching would be more probable. 2) In your three-way trade, if San Antonio is getting our TPE instead of Chicago, how are we getting Lauri? I think I understand it, but not quite. 

What I was thinking is we'd add Dallas to the big DeRozan trade and make it a 3 team deal providing bigger numbers to apply the 125% buffer to.  Let's do Powell instead of Maxi as it makes fewer people upset (but I think there are Maxi based versions that work also).

The big trade is the same as it is now except you add Powell for LM with LM signing for $15mm (I think there is a range of numbers that work, so if you don't like $15mm use $14mm or $16mm).  LM counts at $15mm of incoming for Dallas, but only $7.5mm of outgoing for Chicago.  The question is can Chicago take in DR and DP making $38mm while sending out Young, Aminu and Markkanen at only $7.5mm for a total of $31.9mm.  Yes, with room to spare.  The SA part of the deal hasn't changed to this point.  Dallas would need to renounce the hold on Redick.  Otherwise, I don't believe I've taken anyone over the LT (but I certainly could have missed some salary with so many deals not finalized yet).

Next, you do a second deal with Powell going from Chi to SA, Aminu going from SA to the Dallas TPE and Green going to Chicago.  I don't know if SA needs compensation for this, but for now, let's keep it simple and assume two years of mediocre Powell is roughly the same as one year of bad Aminu.   No one is being aggregated, so, not problem "re-trading" Powell and Aminu.  Chicago doesn't get much salary, but does get the first rounder they are looking for (kind of) in Green.  Maybe SA likes Green?  In that case they get Green and Chicago keeps the 2025 first rounder they sent in the original deal.  Powell and Aminu trade match for SA and Dallas can take in Aminu without sending out matching salary because of the TPE.  There is room to add another outgoing player from Dallas.  There is also room to make this Maxi/Green instead of Powell/Green.  The net result of the two deals as written is:

SA trades DeRozan 
SA receives Powell/Young a first and two seconds from Chi

Chi receives DeRozan/Green
Chi trades Young, the picks, Aminu (already agreed to) and LM (for Green)

Dallas trades Powell/Green  
Dallas receives Markkanen/Aminu (the latter signed for one year instead of Powell signed for two...saves LT in 2022).