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[DanSchwartzgan]

So your basic framework is to do a Wood-like deal? Then chase the extension later when it can be 140%? I'm not really enamored with the idea of paying DG extension money starting at 44.4M (that's the 140% number) AND I don't want to trade assets for him without having that issue already put to bed.

You said about my idea that "he has to agree to playing for his PO amount in June to get to do it the way you are outlining.  He'd have to do that without knowing with certainty that he'll be traded in July."-- But no, that's not my idea.

My basic framework is that you just bite the bullet and do it ALL in June. That's the e&t. DG opts in, in conjunction with a 2-year extension added, and a trade to Dallas that adds TK dollars to the mix. All done at once. There's no wink-wink, no trust, nothing promised for later.

I don't think DG will cooperate unless the TK is paid. That's my starting premise. $31,724,159 is the total for the PO year.

One of the things that pushes me to June is the opportunity to sidestep the 2nd apron issues entirely. Every dollar of savings for GS in the trade matching is a bump for the Mavs of the same amount, unless you bring in team 3 (which then raises the cost of doing business, since they want to be compensated too). Do that in July and it's probably way more complicated with 2nd apron rules. Using your 10%, in June, it takes about 25.3M to match DG 

I like this and was with you all the way to the last sentence.  $25.3mm is a trade match of the 23/24 season salary plus the 15% minus $100k divided by 1.25.  But, if the deal is being done in June, wouldn't you use the 22/23 salary plus the TK for matching purposes?  What am I missing?  

If you use the 22/23 salary plus the TK, it would be more like $23.65 to match.  Would the TK be paid in the current season or the PO season if the trade is done in June?  

I assume Green could forego a piece of the TK if it makes the matching easier.  For instance, if the TK is $3.8mm and it puts a logical trade $300k out of being legal, can he take a $3.5mm TK?

Thanks