2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[ItsGoTime]

Obviously, I agree with your agreement.  Two points though...

The sign and trade strategy is best employed when someone (not necessarily you) has cap room.  That way there is a legitimate threat of Giannis walking for no return.  Given the uncertain cap, it may be harder to get there, but surely some good team will be able to create enough room to be a threat.  At that point it is a matter of luring the FA while at the same time being able to put together a strong enough deal to satisfy Milwaukee.  The S&T route requires two yes's...the player and the team that is losing him.

We have to remember that the trigger point for Freak is whether or not he signs his extension.  If he does, the 2021 chase is over.  If he doesn't, does Milwaukee really take the chance of waiting until the summer (or fall) of 2021?  I'm really not sure where the best opportunity is to maximize value (current summer, TDL or the next summer).  I guess they could set up an auction in 2021, but boy that is a lot of risk.  It is basically the difference between being Detroit (with no hope) and New Orleans (with some hope).

I get that, every team that has done that so far has had those requirements. Unless we have a front office staff that has little respect around the league and few organizations that are willing to deal with them, this hasn’t been much of an obstacle for those other teams. In order to make a plan like that happen, the FO has to first have the mindset, then get better assets (that makes the on court product better too!).