2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[StepBackJay]

Trade deadline just 3 weeks away...

Day t-minus 22 and counting.

I'm torn on the one hand between patience, because the best deals for the buying teams are directly proportional, usually, to proximity to the trade deadline, and on the other hoping the Mavs make a move sooner rather than later because I think 1) it's hard to use both the TPE and Lee's expiring without making two deals, 2) I feel that the Mavs painted themselves into a corner with their grave mishandling of the offseason which makes it so that they cannot afford not to use both of those tools, and 3) it's most likely that both would be used if one of the two moves came before the deadline day.

My hope is that the Mavs calculated they would get better value with MLE and TPE than they would using cap-space. We know they got Wright & Curry with MLE, TPE so if they get a third quality player for TPE that would be something. Then Lee is out there as well as a good chip. I hope they use both.

Not sure who Mavs will cut if they acquire 2 players. They have Roby locked up for multiple years for some reason. That would seem to indicate they want to keep him at least 2 seasons to see what he has before his deal becomes non-guaranteed. The other guy would be Broekhoff who's injured with an expiring deal but he could prove useful in the future. I don't think he has bird rights but might be restricted? Someone would need to help me with that, if there's any advantage to keeping him on the roster. Mavs have full MLE this offseason so they could probably bring back Broekhoff if they want to. I wouldn't expect them to be wanting to spend much this summer especially multi-year deals. So my guess is Broekhoff would be the 2nd guy cut if they wanted to make 2 moves.