2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[omahen]

He will absolutely pick up his option. He won't get the same kind of money in free agency.

I also believe he will take the money. But just for the sake of arguing - assuming he gets an offer in the range of Will Barton contract - 50 mil for 4 years. Take it or leave it? Might not be on the table next season.

If he doesn't pick up his option and we don't trade for anything with a longer term contract at TDL, we will have some 25 mil of cap space available. This would allow us to make serious offers to guys like Joe Harris, Favors and similar. Either way, we are fine :-)

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We will see how the season progresses but right now the team has so much chemistry you wouldn't necessarily want to ship off guys unless it's a slam-dunk deal (no pun intended).

It's more likely that you would make an addition that doesn't require a subtraction. The odds of flipping Lee + a pick or two is highly likely. Iguodala would be a big addition imo because of his leadership and role on the team. He would be a defensive stopper you can throw in against your Paul George's and Lebron's of the world. That is my number 1 guy. Mavs also have the TE which could be leveraged although it's not a huge number. Alex Len is a guy you could try to get to shore up the bigs rotation. There's also the buyout market but you have to compete with the Bucks and both LA teams, Celtics and so on for those guys.

While I like your thinking, I don't think we will see much movement outside of trades. We have 15 guaranteed contracts and only 2 are easy to waive - Ryan from accounting and JJB. As they will certainly not do that to JJB, this means we only have one potential spot. It also needs to be noted, that we already have a lot of guys that deserve minutes. Adding additional specialists will only complicate rotations and potentially make some guys unhappy. Especially if the new addition will not really move the needle. 

Iguodala is a very risky move. First of all he is very costly with his wage and additional asset for half a year rental. Secondly, he is 36 years old and hasn't played for half a year. I would prefer to get a pick for Lee contract. Or a much better player.