06-03-2026, 11:04 PM
(06-03-2026, 10:57 PM)mrdugdale Wrote: OKC's payroll is too high. The Mavs have a $20 million trade exception. Alex Caruso is 32 and would be a great locker room guy or trade deadline player and he has a salary of $18 million for the next three years
Option 1: Mavs absorb his full contract for the 12th and 17th pick this year.
Option 2: Mavs absorb his full contract for the 12th or 17th pick and the Mavs 2028 pick.
Option 3: Presti does a Presti and says that if the Mavs want Caruso in their TE, they have to give *him* a pick for it.