2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[JamesConway]

I don´t think there is a chance in hell THJ opts out, unless the Mavs make another rash unnecessary extension decision like Powell.

They've already said they want to extend THJ, so one way or another (opt-out and sign or opt-in and extend) I expect it to get done this offseason. 

And IMO Powell's deal was not rash. He earned it, and when you struggle to lure external FAs it's important to take care of your own. The same applies to THJ this year.

Powell's deal was premature and an overpay. We've seen countless rotation big-types sign for smallish deals over the last offseasons due to the league wide decrease in value of non shooting bigs. It wouldn't be nearly as bad if it weren't for the injury but the contract was far from a no-brainer at the time. Personally I was and remain a big opponent of it.

Also: you can't "take care" of everybody in a competitive, salary-cap based environment. Bad deals have negative teambuilding effects.

We gotta be careful from now on with our payroll. Seth, Kleber and DFS are assets, but Powell's contract offers negative value, Wright is kinda up in the air. We'll see what happens with THJr, he has been stellar but at the same time he's not exactly a 3D-guy. If locking us into an extension prevents the team from making a better move later on that might end up being regrettable.

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Just noticed something.  Justin Jackson is almost exactly to the penny a trade match for Cedi Osman.  Osman is a Schwartz client and Luka likes him.  He's on a declining contract which pays $8mm next season.  His D is awful, but he could be a pretty good bench scorer for a good team and hit corner 3's when he's in with starters for a few moments.  I think he'd be much more valuable to the team than Jackson.  The question is whether he's #31 more valuable or #18 more valuable.  Another case of a guy who was OK in limited minutes when Cleveland was good, but is over his head when asked to do too much on a bad team.

Use the MLE on a starting PF (I'll keep using Grant as my example, but it could be someone else) and move DFS to the bench.  Bench is Brunson, Wright, Osman, DFS and Maxi.

I'd be on board with Osman. BBIQ, has shot the nba three ball well, still relatively young and locked into a fair contract for multiple years. There's a lot to like here.