2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[omahen]

Is there another Sacramento?

First three on your list are very bad contracts. Hield is overpayed, his contract is like THJ, only he has all 4 years left. Barnes contract is a joke, he is a MLE guy. He didn't improve Sacramento at all. Joseph is way overpaid back up PG who can't really shoot. He would be ok for some 6 mil per, 12 mil is way too much. I already wrote how Sacramento is basically at the tax line with this team for years to come (if they resign Bogi and Fox), that can't even come close to make playoffs. And you think their contracts are not bad?

buyout Bjelica

And then you would buyout one of the rare ok contracts on the team? Plus his contract is not guaranteed anyway. I guess Kings could do worse than Vlade  

I´d re-sign Bogdanovic, draft a project  #13 ( I wonder whether Vlade has intel on the bad smoking habits of Pokusevski´s grandma), buyout Bjelica and Joseph and throw the max at Gobert in 2021. He´d change everything for them.

You are not even close to max spot with these moves. If you give 15 per to Bogi and max (30 per) to Fox, add #13 this year and (lets say) another #13 year after, this team is at 110 mil salary in the summer of 2021 on 7 players (Hield, Fox, Bagley, Barnes, Bogi and 2 rookies). Do you understand now, why these contracts are bad?

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Sacramento basically has two choices:
1. Stick with the team and hope for internal development. Only minor adjustments. If everything goes well, they might be good enough for eight spot
2. Start another rebuild around Fox and reevaluate Bagley. They can still dump their bad contracts (Hield) for even worse ones (Horford for example) and collect some assets along the way. SnT Bogi, collect assets for Bjelica, Holmes. Tank hard in hope for #1 pick in 2021. However, that record for consecutive seasons without playoffs could easily go to 20 seasons long. 

I think they will go for option number one, although number two would be better for them long term.

Short term decisions:
- keep both Bogi and Hield? Unless Bogi signs for MLE, this is some 40 mil locked in players at same position. If you want one to go, who? 
- is Fox a max guy? He sure plays ok, but he is no Doncic. He is best player on the team by far though. I think he still needs to develop a lot to be a franchise cornerstone. However, not giving him max might make him leave.