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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Good piece. I would like to address this full MLE. Who would be the targets in your opinion?

Staying under the first apron makes more sense if Mavs would be targeting a SnT for someone like Jerami Grant, imho

I've been on 'sabbatical', so I'm a little behind on free agency.  The MLE could be split.  Something more than the TP-MLE for one guy and something more than the Vet Min for another?  I agree, glancing at a list that I don't see a lot of obvious $11-$12mm candidates.  

Grant makes a lot of sense to me, but I see some issues.  He's a Klutch guy and we haven't done a ton of business with them.  If #10 is part of the compensation to Portland, the timing is wrong.  We'd be picking before we are allowed to approach Grant or Portland.  So, you'd be risking a tampering charge if the deal ends up as players and the person we took two weeks before at 10 for Grant.  That's part of why I like Turner.  He's under Indy's control.  You can easily draft for Indy and even announce the deal and not finish it until the new season.

I didn't mention Wood's free agency in my post as I don't expect him to do us any favors.  But, if there is a deal that's in his best interest, then he'd certainly jump on board.  He'd be useful in a S&T for Grant or for some of the Charlotte guys, but his salary is additive to what I posted above and makes it nearly impossible to stay below the first apron (so he might help the talent part of a S&T while making it financially impossible).  

I'm trying to not get to attached to specific players until we see who wins the lottery (and if we keep our pick).  Where Wemby ends up could open up some things we haven't talked about.

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If that's cash related, yes. But if apron related, it doesn't work - on that calculation, they would be charged the same as 2-year vet minimum. So use those slots to get someone who can truly contribute, or who might be developable.

Thanks.  How do second round picks count against the apron?