11-08-2023, 06:41 PM
The front page of Spotrac has a story up projecting what teams will have what space and what exceptions (or be over the 2nd apron). It is must reading for fantasy traders as you have to think like the decision makers think and know what the decision makers know to propose good trades. Next year's cap info is critical to that. Here is where Dallas projects to fit:
TAXPAYER MLE TEAMS (2)
The addition of the Second Apron has created a smaller-than-usual window for teams to be in position to use the Taxpayer MLE, but without creating issues against the Second Apron hard cap.
The Mavericks project to be around $16 million under the Second Apron, but they also only have two roster spots to fill. That leaves enough room to use the Taxpayer MLE to add a player, with enough wiggle room to stay under the hard cap that would be created at the Second Apron.
In other news, I saw on one of the fantasy trade sites a proposal to send Holmes/Maxi and the 2027 unprotected to Charlotte for PJ Washington. Again, pure speculation and not reporting. The thing that caught my attention was it was Maxi instead of THJ being put into the deal. Washington just turned 25 and is on a declining contract making $15.5mm next season. That is $8.3mm less than the Maxi/Holmes combo. It is an interesting proposal.
I've heard both Keith Smith and Brian Dameris report that they judged a college competition in Phoenix over the weekend among graduate students interested in the business of the NBA. It was a mock NBA trade deadline and students were judged on the quality of their trades and their knowledge of the cap and trade rules. The winning team was the Laker's and their main trade was for Kyrie. The interesting part was they convinced the Dallas team to take LA's remaining unprotected pick, but also did two pick swaps with the Mav's. The LA team sold the idea that LA could be worse in those years after the old guys retire, but the judges thought the swaps might actually benefit LA if such a trade caused Luka to leave and forced the Mav's into a rebuild.
TAXPAYER MLE TEAMS (2)
The addition of the Second Apron has created a smaller-than-usual window for teams to be in position to use the Taxpayer MLE, but without creating issues against the Second Apron hard cap.
The Mavericks project to be around $16 million under the Second Apron, but they also only have two roster spots to fill. That leaves enough room to use the Taxpayer MLE to add a player, with enough wiggle room to stay under the hard cap that would be created at the Second Apron.
In other news, I saw on one of the fantasy trade sites a proposal to send Holmes/Maxi and the 2027 unprotected to Charlotte for PJ Washington. Again, pure speculation and not reporting. The thing that caught my attention was it was Maxi instead of THJ being put into the deal. Washington just turned 25 and is on a declining contract making $15.5mm next season. That is $8.3mm less than the Maxi/Holmes combo. It is an interesting proposal.
I've heard both Keith Smith and Brian Dameris report that they judged a college competition in Phoenix over the weekend among graduate students interested in the business of the NBA. It was a mock NBA trade deadline and students were judged on the quality of their trades and their knowledge of the cap and trade rules. The winning team was the Laker's and their main trade was for Kyrie. The interesting part was they convinced the Dallas team to take LA's remaining unprotected pick, but also did two pick swaps with the Mav's. The LA team sold the idea that LA could be worse in those years after the old guys retire, but the judges thought the swaps might actually benefit LA if such a trade caused Luka to leave and forced the Mav's into a rebuild.
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