2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Mavs2019]

Who wants to pay a borderline back-up PG $9M a year?

I think you gave quite the answer to that question in your own post. Chicago has gotten hit as did every other team from this pandemic financially, and are looking at ways of saving as much money as possible. This week a report from the Chicago Sun Times detailed how the Bulls can't afford to fire Boylen (and most of the coaching staff). Reinsdorf never cared for the Bulls even when they had the GOAT, so there is zero chance he isn't intrigued by a trade that can free up 5 million instantly in these times. Another variation of that trade is THJ+Wright+18+2nd rounder for Lauri+OPJ. Definitely more unrealistic, but still saves Chicago plenty of money. Also gets disgruntled Lauri outta CHI, and was a player Boylen never cared for anyways. (*Note: I've just come off watching 20 minutes of Lauri highlights so my judgement is most certainly clouded). 


https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news...3ae5z29isw

Point is, there are teams hurting right now for a guard, and Wright is still young enough and is on a cost controlled contract for the foreseeable future. Who's to say the Hornets don't try and take a flyer? Orlando needs a backup guard that hasn't been DJ Augustine for years as well. Getting Campazzo lets the Mavs just dump the Wright experiment without much thought.

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I sure hope you are right about the Bulls. I have been on record saying, they´ll do something stupid soon.

The RealGM trade machine actually approved

THJ+Boban for OPJ
Jackson for Felicio

All players on expiring contracts. When we subtract the possible $3.5M in cash considerations we are talking about the Bulls receiving $23.8M, while the outgoing amount is $36M. The Bulls would actually save $12.2M next year. Salary cap-wise they´d move pretty close to the floor, they have to pay anyway.

If the Bulls are really all about saving money, that´s not a bad deal.Not outrageously one-sided in the player value either. 

The rest of the roster:

Probably keep Delon Wright for now. Don´t see a great trade scenario at the moment. I´m not overpaying for an "unknown" salary dump here. I want to know, the incoming 2021 FA is a stud.

I´m taking Kira Lewis at #18. Maybe not the most vertical player, but he´s very fast, and a very crafty base to his game. Also has a decent looking 3pt shot and floater, which always work in the NBA. I´ll take Pokusevski at #31. His game has been analyzed enough.

Lewis is generally projected 15-21. Pokusevski is going between mid first, early 2nd and not rated all. Generally the draft rankings are all over the place. They would have been volatile anyway, but with COVID you really have no idea, where players will  go.

Re-sign MKG to the minimum.

Sign Dunn.

Doncic/Brunson/Lewis
Dunn/Curry/Wright
OPJ/DFS/MKG
Powell/Kleber/Pokusevski
Porzingis/WCS/Felicio

Suddenly you are talking Doncic and three plus defenders or even four with the option of DFS or Kleber at PF (depending on the size of the opposing PF). If we still suck at defense with that line-up it´s a coaching problem.