2023 DRAFT: Mavs take Lively, OMP, sign Mike Miles to 2-way, sign Jordan Walker

[Jason Terry]

TE's available for teams we might trade down with:

OKC (12)     10,183,800   
ATL (15)        6,292,440   
UTH (16)       9,614,379
                    8,800,000
                    6,745,122
HOU (20)       Cap Space
BRK (21/22)  18,131,146

Brooklyn is the only team with a TE big enough to absorb Bertans, but they won't because they have tax issues of their own.  

Atlanta has even worse cap issues than Brooklyn, so isn't likely to use their TE

OKC could absorb and keep Reggie if they wanted.  

Everyone else could take on McGee, or Reggie's guarantee (rather than us using the S/W).  The best trade down candidates are Utah and OKC based on cap space still available after taking on salary.  If we employ this strategy, as some in the media have suggested, the trick is to do this as part of a larger trade.  That way it doesn't look like we gave up #10 for salary space under the apron(s).

This is where I’m at as well. Utah and OKC make sense. Utah especially. There’s the front office connection there. Both of those teams could be motivated to grab the player that falls to 10. And both could facilitate a 3 team deal

On top of that, i like the idea of trading down and staying in the top 16. Leonard Miller and Lively are 2 guys that could be there around then 

Any of OKC’s young players make sense to you? I feel like it would be more like 12 and a few 2nds coming back. Maybe Bullock into the TPE