2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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Does Min want to relieve themselves of his money?

No. I think RoCo is valued in Minnesota. The whole point - the only reason he's in the deal - is for salary matching. In other words, in my scenario, he's a cap casualty who is only being traded to facilitate upgrading their point guard to Chris Paul.

Look, I love RoCo. He's a fine player. But he's a role player. Some people here seems to treat him like a star. He's not. Chris Paul is a star. He's the future HoF'er. If this trade were to go down the headline would be Chris Paul to the Wolves! Covington would be but a footnote.

Would the Mavs lend a hand to the deal in order to get Covington? I would, for sure. But maybe some other teams would as well. I haven't looked to see which contenders have an expiring that fits and decent draft assets to deal.

For the Wolves, they'd surely hate to lose Covington. But Chris Paul, Wiggins and KAT is a playoff team who can make some noise. In fact, I think it's a little scary to think what that team could be with a competent floor general. KAT is a legit MVP-caliber player and Wiggins is a straight-up bucket getter. 

Paul > Cassell
Wiggins = Spreewell
KAT = KG