08-14-2021, 10:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-14-2021, 11:59 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(08-13-2021, 12:15 PM)Tyler Wrote: Interesting.
BTW, Fanspo has the aggregation restriction ending August 19th rather than October 1st. It's normally 2 months, but I believe it has been shortened again due to the compressed schedule. So this may shake out within the next week.
Tyler, I tried to find this somewhere besides Fanpro to confirm this and have not had any luck. The shorter restriction was in place for the condensed 20/21 season, but I'm not sure it applies to 21/22. The fact that Hollinger and MavsCBA both mention 10/1 leads me to believe it is probably 10/1. Too bad (if true). I was kind of hoping to be done with this next week.
I really liked the idea of using a single deal to satisfy Chicago and Toronto. But if 10/1 is the date and camp opens on 9/28, that feels problematic (though not impossible) for a direct deal between Dallas and Toronto. Keeping Chicago and LM waiting too seems even less likely. I think Hollinger probably has this right. It is Powell, Moses and someone making over $1.56mm. Unfortunately, Terry doesn't make enough.
Dragic is negative equity at $19mm for one year. Powell is also, but the money is more palatable split over two years. The rest is just window dressing as I don't see Dallas giving up value in the form of Green or a pick for Dragic.
The other version of getting to $14mm is Maxi, Willie and Moses. I struggle to see Maxi going out unless LM is coming in from Chicago. To the point you made yesterday, Maxi could end up in Chicago as a backup PF and Willie Cauley-Moses makes sense in Toronto. Willie plays for a year with Birch and Moses is the project who is in a position to replace him a year from now. To your point about "tampering" (or making well informed option decisions on players), the Opt-In on WCS makes more sense with either he or Powell leaving. The version where Maxi goes to Chicago and WCS/Moses go to Toronto keeps all three teams comfortably under the tax (yes, even with LM and GD coming here at $30mm).
If it works out, Toronto got Precious and Moses for facilitating a Lowry S&T while preserving flexibility. If it doesn't, neither Chicago nor Toronto have any salary obligation past the current season.
KP/Powell/Boban
DFS/Markkanen/
THJ/S. Brown/Green
Bullock/Brunson/Burke
Luka/Dragic/Terry