11-27-2022, 05:31 AM
Blow it up completely.
Trade 1
THJ/Bertans/ Suns + 76ers 2023 1st round pick (coming from the next trade) to Magic
Wood to the Suns
Fultz/Isaac/Crowder/Saric to the Mavs
Why for the Mavs? Get rid of THJ/Bertans duh.
Why for the Suns? Replace Crowder on strike and 7.6 MPG Saric for huge frontcourt upgrade in a win now situation for a very late 1st round pick, small salary reduction for cheap Sarver
Why for the Magic? Two 1st round pick in a rebuild. Have no use for Isaac (might be crazy and injured) or Fultz (injured) given current roster configuration
Trade 2
Harris/Bitadze/Theis/76ers + Celtics 2023 1st round picks (from Brooklyn + Indiana) + Nets 2028 1st round pick to the Mavs
DFS/McGee/Pinson/Campazzo to the Nets
Powell/Bullock to the Pacers
Why for Mavs? Clean house, full on tank and get three 1st round picks (keep two).
Why for Pacers? Get two rotational players for their play-off push. Theis is out all year. Bitadze gets no minutes. Shed one long-term salary.
Why for Nets? Get DFS for play-off push.
Trade 3
Dinwiddie to the Pelicans
Graham/Temple/Lakers 2024 or 2025 1st round pick (Mavs choice)
Why for Pelicans? Huge player upgrade with positional need in win-now situation and get rid of longer salaries
Why for Mavs? Very valuable 1st round pick and short term-salary reduction.
New Tankericks
Doncic 40.0
Harris 18.6 (expires 2023/2024)
Isaac 17.4 (partial guarantee next year, fully non-guaranteed after 2023/2024)
Fultz 17.0 (partial guarantee 2M after 2022/2023)
Graham 11.5 (2024/2025)
Crowder 10.1 (expiring)
Saric 9.2 (expiring)
Kleber 9.0
Theis 8.7 (team option after 2023/2024)
Temple 5.1 (fully non-guaranteed after 2022/2023)
Bitadze 4.7 (expiring, RFA)
Green 3.0 (expiring, RFA)
Ntillikina 2.0 (expiring)
Hardy 1.0
Young guy 1.0
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$158M
Pass along Crowder to a contender, if you want to get under the tax.
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2023 Celtics 1st round pick
2024 (with option to defer to 2025) Lakers 1st round pick
2028 Nets 1st round pick
TANK HARD and evaluate the situation of the talent.
Doncic/Fultz/Ntilikina
Green/Graham/Hardy
Crowder/Harris/Temple
Saric/Kleber/Theis
Isaac/Bitadze/Young Guy
Salary for 2024/2025 (guaranteed)
Doncic 43.0
Graham 12.6
Kleber 11.0
Truth is, that IF you wanted to compete and this roster was fully healthy, I´m not even sure it is much worse than our current one.
You keep your own lottery pick in a great draft. You add two future 1st round picks, that I´d rate >50% to be in the lottery with no protections at all.
You shed all bad long-term salary after 2024. You could easily generate signficant cap space in summer 2023, if necessary.
Trade 1
THJ/Bertans/ Suns + 76ers 2023 1st round pick (coming from the next trade) to Magic
Wood to the Suns
Fultz/Isaac/Crowder/Saric to the Mavs
Why for the Mavs? Get rid of THJ/Bertans duh.
Why for the Suns? Replace Crowder on strike and 7.6 MPG Saric for huge frontcourt upgrade in a win now situation for a very late 1st round pick, small salary reduction for cheap Sarver
Why for the Magic? Two 1st round pick in a rebuild. Have no use for Isaac (might be crazy and injured) or Fultz (injured) given current roster configuration
Trade 2
Harris/Bitadze/Theis/76ers + Celtics 2023 1st round picks (from Brooklyn + Indiana) + Nets 2028 1st round pick to the Mavs
DFS/McGee/Pinson/Campazzo to the Nets
Powell/Bullock to the Pacers
Why for Mavs? Clean house, full on tank and get three 1st round picks (keep two).
Why for Pacers? Get two rotational players for their play-off push. Theis is out all year. Bitadze gets no minutes. Shed one long-term salary.
Why for Nets? Get DFS for play-off push.
Trade 3
Dinwiddie to the Pelicans
Graham/Temple/Lakers 2024 or 2025 1st round pick (Mavs choice)
Why for Pelicans? Huge player upgrade with positional need in win-now situation and get rid of longer salaries
Why for Mavs? Very valuable 1st round pick and short term-salary reduction.
New Tankericks
Doncic 40.0
Harris 18.6 (expires 2023/2024)
Isaac 17.4 (partial guarantee next year, fully non-guaranteed after 2023/2024)
Fultz 17.0 (partial guarantee 2M after 2022/2023)
Graham 11.5 (2024/2025)
Crowder 10.1 (expiring)
Saric 9.2 (expiring)
Kleber 9.0
Theis 8.7 (team option after 2023/2024)
Temple 5.1 (fully non-guaranteed after 2022/2023)
Bitadze 4.7 (expiring, RFA)
Green 3.0 (expiring, RFA)
Ntillikina 2.0 (expiring)
Hardy 1.0
Young guy 1.0
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$158M
Pass along Crowder to a contender, if you want to get under the tax.
+
2023 Celtics 1st round pick
2024 (with option to defer to 2025) Lakers 1st round pick
2028 Nets 1st round pick
TANK HARD and evaluate the situation of the talent.
Doncic/Fultz/Ntilikina
Green/Graham/Hardy
Crowder/Harris/Temple
Saric/Kleber/Theis
Isaac/Bitadze/Young Guy
Salary for 2024/2025 (guaranteed)
Doncic 43.0
Graham 12.6
Kleber 11.0
Truth is, that IF you wanted to compete and this roster was fully healthy, I´m not even sure it is much worse than our current one.
You keep your own lottery pick in a great draft. You add two future 1st round picks, that I´d rate >50% to be in the lottery with no protections at all.
You shed all bad long-term salary after 2024. You could easily generate signficant cap space in summer 2023, if necessary.