2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

Some executives around the league suspect that Memphis' fallback option is a Mavericks offer of Courtney Lee and the Warriors' surprisingly high second-rounder, though Dallas sources have done their best to refute that.

I strongly suspect that if that offer is on the table and Iggy is on board, Memphis would have taken it already.

The thing is, I still don't see how Iggy would think Dallas is worth playing for but another playoff team just two spots back is not. My suspicion is that both Iggy and Memphis have an unspoken agreement on a trade list (either LA team, maybe Milwaukee). That way Iggy gets to ride someone else's cape to a championship one last time and Memphis gets something out of it. Memphis can't outright say that when trying to negotiate, but I think it's 50/50 that everyone calls their bluff and he gets cut after the trade deadline.

If we can't even get Iggy, this is going to be a disappointing trade deadline. At least they salvaged WCS out of it (if he's back next year).

Day t-minus 9 and counting. Relatively little time left to wait.