07-04-2022, 11:24 AM
I got this one mainly wrong. I was right that it made no sense for Dragic to come to a team that had Brunson, Luka and Dinwiddie (heck, he didn't come to a team with only two of those guys). But, I originally thought he'd get more than the minimum and I thought he was a done deal here once Brunson left. Obviously both of those things were wrong. I do think Chicago offers more of a role than Dallas and that probably matters. But, it seems the relationship part of this was really on the Mav's side. I'm not going to call anyone an idiot over 'losing' Dragic until the roster is set.
Still interested to see how Brunson and the Detroit deals are structured and if they include Dallas in any way. I kind of liked FG's idea in another post about turning THJ into two players. This isn't super sexy, but it could be Burks and Saben Lee and that might explain the Dragic thing. At that point, we'd be just a hair over the Apron.
I'm not big on Sexton, but he is a rumored target. At just a few hundred K over the apron, we could do a S&T where we take back less salary than we send out and get under the Apron following the trade. So, THJ goes out and we bring back Burks and Saben Lee (which uses up the rest of Detroit's cap room). Then we do Powell/Green for S&T Sexton with Sexton starting at $13mm-ish. If Powell is superfluous at this point, then we are essentially dealing THJ/Green for Burks, Sexton and Lee...a third defensive wing, a high usage bench scorer and a third string PG. Detroit gets a native son and Cleveland gets some value for a guy they don't really want. Lee is Wasserman (same as McGee). Sexton is Schwartz.
Still interested to see how Brunson and the Detroit deals are structured and if they include Dallas in any way. I kind of liked FG's idea in another post about turning THJ into two players. This isn't super sexy, but it could be Burks and Saben Lee and that might explain the Dragic thing. At that point, we'd be just a hair over the Apron.
I'm not big on Sexton, but he is a rumored target. At just a few hundred K over the apron, we could do a S&T where we take back less salary than we send out and get under the Apron following the trade. So, THJ goes out and we bring back Burks and Saben Lee (which uses up the rest of Detroit's cap room). Then we do Powell/Green for S&T Sexton with Sexton starting at $13mm-ish. If Powell is superfluous at this point, then we are essentially dealing THJ/Green for Burks, Sexton and Lee...a third defensive wing, a high usage bench scorer and a third string PG. Detroit gets a native son and Cleveland gets some value for a guy they don't really want. Lee is Wasserman (same as McGee). Sexton is Schwartz.