Trade & FA 2023-24: Lavine Market Barely There| NOP Want Trae or Murray

[SleepingHero]

Thybulle almost fits the 9-10M price range (11.025).

But THJ-for-____ in that 9-10M price range was never a guarantee of "any" competitive contract.

The fact is that ANY single trade with matching both ways will not open up huge money for DJJ, because the absolute biggest trade differential is $7.5M, and with the Mavs staring at being about $3M over the apron as is, plus needing some cushion (1M?) under the hard cap, that perfect 7.5M spread only adds maybe 3.5M, which means you're only bumping an offer to DJJ to a number under 9M.

THJ for MT at 11.025M is only a 5M spread, and almost all of that goes to cover the overage plus the cushion. It probably bumps the possible MLE up to about $6.25M.

Ah just like that my Thybulle dreams are crushed...


To be fair, are we really expecting DJJ to be offered anywhere north of 9 mil a year? Don't get me wrong he's playing out of his mind right now on the biggest stage, but how many teams could DJJ play for and be this effective?

Who knows? He's said he wants to be back in the athletic article. I can't see a team offering more than the MLE at the absolute most in today's restricted NBA.