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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Add in a LAL 2029 FRP to Dallas and out of all the deals I think this is the absolute best outcome. 

I also think every team gets exactly what they want. PHX gets their depth and center replacement. LAL get their star (and unbalance their team yet again). 

Mavs get a young center and a defensive wing, while reloading on a FRP to go shopping for a better fitting 2nd star. Getting LAL 2029 allows the Mavs to realistically go shopping for a Siakam, OG, Lavine, etc.

This is my ideal scenario now.

Looking at the numbers in a little more detail...

While Kyrie could trade match up to $39.3 in such a deal, there just isn't any way he can get that while they keep Rui and Reaves.  Maybe mid-30's or even low 30's.  But that is the price he pays for ring chasing.  There's probably a version of this where McGee goes to Phoenix and Bamba ends up in Dallas.  It would help Phoenix for total salary to drop rather than rise in this deal.

Depending on what version of this we use, Dallas is well below the tax line if Bertans is S/W (and below in one version where he isn't stretched).  We'd have access to the full MLE and the BAE.  I wonder if now is the time for Dallas to go shopping with 27 and LA's 2029 (I'm dubious about the 2023 pick being included here).  Or, is Dallas better off waiting until the TDL or even next summer (next summer presumably they can trade 25, 27 and LA's 2029).  In the version where we send out Reggie and McGee and get Bamba, the lineup looks like this:

Ayton 32.4     Bamba       10.3        Powell       4.4 (BAE)
Maxi   11.0     Vanderbilt    4.6        Morris       2.0
THJ    17.9     MLE           12.0        Lawson     2.0
Green  4.8      Hardy          1.8        Holiday     2.0
Luka    40.1    Wallace        5.2        Min          2.0
          106.2                     33.9                      12.4      + 4.4 Dead Money = 156.9

Note that we get much younger with this AND still have resources to take a big swing at another high end guy.  Since we are helping two older teams in LA and Phoenix get better in the short term, it makes sense that we'd prioritize guys in their mid and even early 20's so that we are ready to take up the mantle once the OG's are out.  This also sets up Dallas well to manage aprons going forward.  As guys age out at one end, you’ll have Hardy, Green, Vanderbilt and eventually #10 to pay more.  This is a single star plus better secondary guys and depth instead of two or three stars and very little behind it.