2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

Not really sure if you get that Lee isn’t the prize here.

I understand that perfectly well. But please enlighten me with an example, what is the prize and what is the target that would need a help in a form of a Lee contract to get the deal done.

If memory serves, you have brought up Oubre as a trade target.  He makes $14mm next year and Phoenix doesn't want a contract over one year.  So all of the "easy to trade" contracts we have are gone except Jackson and Boban.  But, that combination doesn't work and Dallas wants to keep Boban.  Simple, pay Lee a hair over $4mm (Mark can give Phoenix cash to cover anything over the Vet Min) and the deal is legal (obviously Phoenix will want something else).

Not sure where the concept of giving Lee some huge amount came from.  I see him as a bridge to a specific dollar amount in combination with other player(s).  It could happen in the summer or it could be a chip that is held to the TDL.

Yeah they´d want DFS for those $4M instead or the 18th pick and WCS. This whole Lee idea is just a fantasy.

Every trade idea is a fantasy.  But, since DFS and Jackson doesn't trade match Oubre, you've kind of made the point that the ability to set Lee at a specific number could be valuable.  Not to mention (as 2019 said) Dallas isn't trading DFS in a deal for expiring Oubre.