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

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So here is my CROSS MY FINGERS prediction...

Dallas holds up Toronto on Lowry with the threat of renouncing THJ, et al. and clearing > 30 million... Instead of losing Lowry for nothing Toronto agrees in principle to a S&T deal around pieces Dallas is not upset at dealing - Lowry doesn't officially sign and the trade is not official until day 3-4 of FA.

In the mean-time (IN OFFICIAL ORDER)
Dallas signs THJ to slightly less than market for 1 yr; call it 1yr $13 million (This gives THJ a no-trade contract)
According to calculations Dallas could get up to 33-34 million IF they renounce THJ and WCS AND the J-Rich TE.
These same calculations leave Dallas: 33 - 4 (WCS) - 13 (TJH); so easily around 16 million in space -

Dallas signs Richaun Holmes for 3 yrs $50.4 million starting at $16 million.

Dallas then completes the Kyle Lowry trade: Powell; WCS; Burke and Jalen Brunson + Dallas sends a conditional (but unprotected) 2025 First, and conditional rights to a SINGLE pick swap in '24, '26 or '27 (pending the pick in '23 going to NY and the '25 going to Toronto) That trade package salary total aggregates with 125%+100k to a salary of $25.5 million to start for Lowry which puts him at 3 years 80.325 million.

Dallas walks into the season with:
Lowry  Terry 
Luka    THJ    Hinton
DFS    Green
KP      Maxi    Bey
Holmes

Dallas would still have the Room Exception to outbid minimum salary offers in helping flesh out the roster...

THJ isn't signing a 1-year deal.