2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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Long time member of the OPJ in DAL club. If CHI continues to be horrid, I think there is a deal to be made there, perhaps a favorable one. OPJ is known to be a slow starter. His opening month is the primary reason for folks impression of him and he's off to another poor start. THJ/Lee saves them 5.9 million, overall but takes 10 million off their cap for next season. To me, given the current state of our war chest, that is the sort of deal DAL has to flesh out. OPJ for two players that don't matter to us is a huge win.

I take your proposal and improve it - in a sense that is more appealing for Chicago. Lee-Hardaway for Porter and Felicio.

Chicago entered the season with high hopes yet they crashed into a wall at the start. Porter is certainly one of the underachievers and it is a risk for us that he doesn't turn it around. Because at the moment THJ looks as a better player with a more team friendly contract. Throughout his time Porter hasn't really justified the contract he got. However, if he would be able to produce as he did in 15 games for Chicago last season, he would be perfect. Felicio is unplayable and a horrible contract, so Chicago should be very happy to get rid of him. We don't care - we will have same production from him as from Lee.

That being said, unfortunatelly I don't believe Chicago will give up after just a couple of games. 20 more, than yes. However, if Porter would still be horrible by then - do we really want to trade for him?

I have alot of faith in him but no explanation for why he always starts so slow. He did this same thing, almost exactly, over the first month of last season. Over the next four months he shot almost 50% from 3. For his career he's a 40% shooter from 3, 53% from 2 and almost 80% at the line. At 6'8 and just 26, I think he fits ideally as a #3 on a team with depth. 

Can't justify the contract but that isn't how we need to look at it. We didn't offer him that deal so it isn't a reflection on us. The way we look at it is this. It's essentially what we already have invested in THJ/Lee so the total dollars are irrelevant, from a payroll perspective. When OPJ is right, his production far exceeds those two, combined, so it is an upgrade on the floor. His deal also mirrors that of THJ/ Both have two years remaining with year 2 being an option year for the player that nobody expects them to opt out of.

We won't be able to shop this summer anyway. If we project forward, OPJ gives us a more attractive expiring in 20/21. I like the idea of having a 28 million dollar expiring contract to work with leading into that TDL.