TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

LA is offering both firsts for Kyrie, but the Nets need players.  In the past it was never realistic to send out our long term junk for Westbrook.  We were not offering player value for LA to want to take on the long term salary.  But this is a different situation.  A couple of ideas:

Dallas sends Dinwiddie + Timmy + McGee and gets Russ + LA First
Nets send Irving and get Dinwiddie + Timmy + LA first
LA sends Russ + 2 firsts and gets Irving + McGee

or

Dallas sends Dinwiddie + Dorian + McGee and gets Russ + 2 LA Firsts
Nets send Irving and get Dinwiddie + Dorian
LA sends Russ + 2 firsts and gets Irving + McGee


In either case, the Mavs can max extend Wood, sign everybody else, let Russ walk, spend the full MLE and still be under the tax.  They will have Bertans and Bullock as expiring contracts plus all of their picks plus the LA pick(s) to make moves with.