Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[Jym]

SUMMER TALK - No one talks about it, but what if we get a Kyrie who decides to stay here, just plays hoops, and buys in to Dallas?

He's certainly well-liked all around the league. So might he be a magnet who can persuade good desirable players to be a Mav in free agency? If so, wouldn't that be a refreshing change?!

They could sign him to a max and still have ways to spend.

If the Mavs don't extend either Wood or Powell, they can pay max to Kyrie and can stay under the tax line. Or could spend about 9M of MLE money (big MLE will be around 11.5M based on current cap projections, txpyr MLE will be about 7M) or money on any of their own FAs, and stay under apron as required.

The summer wild card would be Bertans or THJ -- a trade of either into cap room with lesser or no salary coming back, or maybe a s-w of Bertans. The path the Mavs control, a s-w, jumps cap room to about 13M or under-apron room to about 20M. The right trade might net them more, or if a pick is offered, might yield a desirable player in return. That lets them spend big MLE (about 11.5M), or maybe also BAE (about 4.5M), and could be significant if it's the right 2 players.

Yeah I don't have any hope of a happy, issue-free 4 or 5 years but I think 2 or 3 years is certainly in the realm of possibility and I'll gladly take it.