2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[michaeltex]

Here is an interesting thought about an potential amnesty, assuming Mark is still willing to spend again in the Covid era.  We could possibly swing a value trade by helping some team out of the huge financial burden of their big contracts like a Kevin Love.

Or more simply, we could also "overpay" for potential in free agency (think Harrison Barnes), while knowing that the amnesty option is available.

Lots would obviously depend on the contract eligibility technicalities, so Cuban finally has a chance to outshark the opposition. He´s still a CBA behind.

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They would have to renounce Dragic, Crowder, Solomon and Leonard, while I guess they could keep the small Jones cap hold. They also have a (23rd) pick. Unless they go the SnT way again, Oladipo will not get max and Miami will lose a lot of important pieces. Alternative could also be to drop Olyink or Iggy to someone by paying the pick.

I see this as a great way for the Mavs to pickup some solid role players. Mavs were willing to facilitate the SnT with Philly to help Miami get Butler for the price of Olynyk and Richardson. Maybe they can revisit a similar situation and try to pry Dragic and Crowder from Miami to help them get Oladipo.

I think we have enough roleplayers already. Not that Dragic, Olynyk, Crowder or Leonard are not good players, but we need a 3rd star, not more very good roleplayers/borderline starters.

I'm not convinced that we need a 3rd "star". Luka is getting to supernova level and KP is starting to realize his potential, so I'm not convinced there is enough air for another "star" ego. To me, 3rd stars are usually role players made better by the team leaders (e.g. Shawn Marion) or a star willing to take a secondary role (at least for a while). We talk about the Miami Big 3, but the truth is that Bosh took a step back and let Lebron and Wade shine. 

In another example, back in the 90s, Houston added Drexler, which made a Big 2 with Hakeem and won a championship, but when they added Barkley the next year things didn't operate as efficiently (plus Jordan came back). But Barkley still dominated the ball.

Another example is when LA added Nash, Malone, Payton and others to form a "super team" that never gelled.

I'm sure there are others, but my point is we have a good core that is gelling nicely. Once everybody is healthy next year, they will be even better together which will improve defense because they will learn to trust each other and react to each other without having to think about it. I wouldn't mind having a Dragic or Olynyk, but I wouldn't gut the bench to get them.

FWIW, I wouldn't lose a lot of sleep chasing "super stars" in 2021 either. By then, DAL will have it's own binary pair with two post-season runs and there will be plenty of FAs wanting to play for a ring. Our main goal would be finding the right guys to fit with and support Luka and KP with the understand whose team it really is.