2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[SleepingHero]

There is nothing to say that GA will not take a max with MKE and see how the first season goes. If it looks bad, or if it causes too much financial pain for the team, he can force a trade if they aren't wanting relief. Just look at what happened to Blake Griffin with the LACs.

I mean the issue with the supermax is that it makes it incredibly hard to build around it. It also makes it incredibly hard to trade, because the teams that would pay top dollar for Giannis' services aren't usually in the position to be able to match a supermax deal without dealing several core players, which effectively ruins the makeup of that team.

And that's kind of the point of it. The idea being if you're going to give the supermax to a player, the team and the player should assume to be together for the long haul. 

Second, Griffin was traded not because he wanted out. It came rather as a surprise for everyone involved. They gave him the max (not a supermax which I feel is important to note because of the relative ease it is trading vs a supermax), and then subsequently traded him barely halfway into the next season. 

Either way I still think Giannis sticks around MIL unless something goes horribly wrong in the playoffs. The season getting cancelled this year would certainly be a start in Giannis thinking about leaving though.

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Oh, and one name I think should be kept an eye on is Anthony Davis.

With the cap lowering significantly, and the rest of the season is looking bleak, who's to say that AD doesn't try to leave for greener pastures this summer? Yes I know he essentially forced the Pels to trade him to LA, but if the season ends without the playoffs, next year Lebron will be turning 36. No one is going to defeat father time (*without steriods ahem*), and the Lakers team is already made up of misfits and their cap situation will make it difficult for them to sign any core players. Not to mention their tradeable assets are next to none. 

If I was AD, I'd be looking around and noticing these things, and maybe shop around this summer. 

This is really stemming from my dislike for the Lakers. If AD leaves it'd nuke them for the next decade.