ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[F Gump]

As it stands now they could bring in Kyrie as a FA after next year

Kyrie is probably their intended preference. And he is possible as a FA to LA on paper (where real-life issues can be ignored). But the big road block is that if RW is on the roster and basically the same no-value when the season ends, LA lacks an avenue to offer/sign KI to a max contract (not even remotely close, in fact) if they still have Lebron and AD.

The cap math became more rigid when LBJ extended.

They are kinda screwed if they do, screwed if they don't. Keeping RW is a dead end re KI. But trades sending RW away may bring back players that create a different dead end (players who are also untradable, with ongoing contracts, plus a loss of draft capital).

Not sure if that means they head a diff direction than KI as part of a big 3. Or would they try to persuade KI to work for cheap while LBJ and AD get theirs, or trade AD. But it's very possible that KI idea (as well as the idea of ANY max player to LA in 2023) could be DOA.