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[DanSchwartzgan]

BAE is $4.5M. Seems about right, if the Mavs make moves to free up the MLE and BAE.

My thought also.  There are other possibilities, but it won’t be for the minimum.  Other thoughts:

Yes, Powell gone.  I’ve been thinking this since his name started showing up on lists for other teams (agent planted no doubt).

Yes, McGee gone.

1. McGee could go out in trade (like the Ayton deal), but no one is looking to take him on, so it has to be part of something bigger.  Access to the MLE is dependent on the spread between outgoing and incoming.

2. McGee could be S/W’d, but it doesn’t get you much additional room.  His number is $2.4mm instead of $5.7mm.  If we do any 2-for-1 trades, you have to replace him with a minimum and the savings is tiny.  If he is waived and replaced by the BAE, then the savings is $3.3mm.  Working from memory, if you S/W McGee and go with a 14 man roster and pay Kyrie $40mm and Holmes gets his TK, I’m pretty sure you have room for the MLE and BAE.

At this point, it starts to look like Ayton-Lively-Drummond or Holmes-Lively-Drummond.  I know which one I like.