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Related to THJ, only the pool of GMs from teams with capspace are relevant for Mavs. Not many of those around. It also doesn't only take one GM. If there is no competition, why would that one GM pay Mavs for the privilige to take THJ into capspace? Everyone knows:
a) THJ is not in Mavs plans as he is way overpaid for what he provides for Mavs
b) Mavs need to save salary if they want to retain DJJ over the taxMLE salary
c) THJ strength is shooting only but only in volume, as he is not terribly efficient doing it. These kind of players are putting up numbers on bad/average teams, but rarely have a significant role on contenders

Related to DJJ, teams know Mavs can't offer more than MLE and that Mavs are likely to find a way to offer same money up to MLE, which will make DJJ stay with Mavs. So the cleanest path to him for non Mavs teams, if they really want him, is to offer him more than MLE. The advantage is, that only cap space teams can offer more than MLE and most of those teams don't need a player like DJJ. Still, it only takes one  Examples of (non rookie contract) players from last summer that got huge increase of salary:
- Bruce Brown went from 6 mil to 20 mil
- Max Strus went from min to approximately 15.5 mil average

Thanks for the breakdown. 

Bruce Brown was offered that contract because IND had the space to spend and they wanted to have a contract for a trade match. They said as much during the TDL after Siakam. 

Strus got a big offer for sure, but he's teetering on the line of adequately paid/overpaid. 

All those things you said were true regarding THJ, but if the Mavs found a way to turn Bertans, who by all accounts is a worse player with a worse contract at the time, into space+Lively (which then turned into Holmes+OMax, which then turned into Gafford), then I can't see why THJ+something can't net a similar return. Especially since THJ will have value around the league from teams needing volume shooting like Detroit, Orlando, Portland, or even the Pelicans. 

The first major crossroads is what DJJ decides. If he takes the tax-MLE, then the Mavs can use THJ's contract to get yet another impact player and look even stronger. If DJJ wants to lock in his big contract now (and I think he will), then Nico+Lindsey+Finley will have to get creative to generate enough space for the MLE while finding an impact guy without touching the top 6 guys (Luka/Kyrie/DJJ/PJ/Gafford/Lively).

I will keep beating the Thybulle drum and offer Green+THJ to Portland for Thybulle. It works in the trade machine alone.

Maybe Portland will want a splashier move. What about:

Giddey+THJ to POR

Jerami Grant+Green to OKC

Thybulle to Dallas

Why does Portland do this? Well they get a big playmaking forward to pair next to Scoot, who doesn't really have the playmaking chops. They get off of Grant's contract and break it into 2 smaller pieces (with a Giddey extension looming, but THJ expiring so it balances out).

OKC gets their 30mil contract they need for trades, a big 4 who can score and rebound, Green's addition is a tack on but he can be removed with no issues.

Mavs generate about 17 mil of room and can offer DJJ his full MLE and it only cost them Green+THJ but they get Thybulle who is one of the best POA defenders in the league. If Green stays put the Mavs only get about 5 mil of space and can only really offer DJJ a deal starting at 7 a year.