DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[DanSchwartzgan]

In a sane world Mavs have all the ammunition to shore up this roster without an additional star. #18, #31 could be used for 2 wings, at least one of them likely to contribute within a year or two. Wright would be traded for *something* more useful. MLE could be used for 1 or 2 good players with starting potential including an attempt to keep Burke. 

The beauty of #18 and #31 is if you pick right you get good, cheap rotational players for years to come. You could probably do that and still do Plan Powder, Nuclear Winter all at once if you can unload Wright's contract without using up one of those picks. A first round pick will not eat into the cap much, certainly it will eat up much less in 2021 than Wright. Wright is almost 9 mil in 2021, and our pick would be around 3 mil against the cap.

At any rate I don't think the Mavs will go that route and instead find a way to not draft a player with #18.

I doubt we have that much turnover in the roster.  Time will tell.  I actually hope we keep Lee and WCS.  I hope we find something better than Burke.  

Mainly wanted to point out (again), that if the plan is to use the full MLE, we probably won't draft #31.  If you take a second rounder that high, you'll want to sign them for 3 years rather than the standard two for 2nd rounders.  You have to use about $1.5mm of the MLE to do that.  So, instead of $9.3mm you are down to $7.8.  You might get a useful player for that, but if your desire is to get the best of the MLE candidates, you will need the entire $9.3mm.  

Not to fear, lots of things can be done.  You can draft a Euro-Stash.  You can trade into the last of the first round (#31 and some cash will probably do it).  You can add #31 to a player as part of a trade package.  You can drop back in the second to where you wouldn't need to use part of the MLE on the player picked.  Just to be clear, I'm not saying we won't draft a player at #31.  I'm saying I doubt we draft someone there (and keep them) without signing them for three years using part of the MLE.  If we do that, then we are bargain hunting with the MLE, not going for the best of the MLE level players that are out there.