08-26-2021, 04:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2021, 04:26 PM by MaxiThreeba.)
(08-26-2021, 04:01 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: Cato also mentioned that Dallas didn't have to give up a pick in the Luka deal. They could have done it by taking back Bazemore's contract. Mavs preferred cap flexibility over the pick
I hope this isn't true...I really hope this isn't true. I mean you make the trade 10/10 but it's just another example of the ineptitude of plan powder.
The butterfly effect of being saddled with Bazemore's contract and still having their 2019 pick would have been interesting. Bazemore was moved for Turner who was the salary Hawks used to get Capela along with a pick. The Harrison Barnes situation plays out completely different as well since they wouldn't have had a path to useless cap space by dealing him.
If the KP trade still materializes maybe the proximity and lottery guarantee of the 2019 pick is enough with the contract ballast Mavs took back. Now Mavs have 2021, 2023 pick and Bazemore and Barnes salary to play with to go land yet another piece.
Just terrible GM'ing and Cuban'ing
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