05-13-2023, 11:44 AM
(05-13-2023, 11:11 AM)omahen Wrote: Ayton might be overpaid, but his 30 million are far better than any combination of 30 million from these contracts Mavs have to offer. No way that deal is done without draft compensation added. The only alternative could be to add Green instead of pick.
I’m still giving them a pick. Just 21 instead of 10 (or maybe it is 12 or 16 depending on which two pick team you trade down with).
Another version of this might be to help them create a TPE by sending the pick elsewhere. Maybe we have to take Shamet into the TPE created by the Bertans to SA deal. Or maybe Shamet goes to SA and we don’t get to move on from Bertans. I think Phoenix wants a pick not for the sake of having a rookie, but for the sake of adding another real NBA player to the KD/CP window. If the MLE as a TPE rule is in effect this season, traditional TPE’s might not be as valuable unless they are larger than $11mm. The good news is we are supposed to have a cap guru now instead of Mark’s spreadsheet. The opportunity for creativity is greater now than it has ever been under these new rules.