06-02-2023, 07:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-02-2023, 07:50 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(06-02-2023, 06:25 AM)F Gump Wrote: I assume that's all one trade, incl BKN. Otherwise the trade math doesn't work for DAL. And BKN has to send a lot more salary to one of the other teams to make it legal (13 outgoing and 23 incoming doesn't match)
But there's not $20M more left to spend elsewhere. There's $0. Assuming Kyrie is at the same salary as Luka (rather than the max, which is 6M more), the 15-man roster you're envisioning (with min salary guys filling the rest) would total 179.9M on apron accounting, just a sliver under the 2nd apron. There's no MLE at all, so you're adding 4 more minimum salary guys and calling it a day.
Brooklyn has a TE that can absorb Bertans, so that solves the Brooklyn trade match issue. But, I've read that Brooklyn will want to stay under the tax this season. They still have to pay Cam Johnson and his proposed swap takes Brooklyn to the tax without Johnson. So, at the very least, you have to pull McGee out of this and maybe you have to pull Bertans out of this and just S/W him. Maybe the deal is 15/McGee for 21/O'Neale (see below on O'Neale).
Another problem is this has to wait to the new season to include DFS and Wood, but teams are making lottery picks on the hope Wood and his agent will play along. I like this much better if Wood is left out and O'Neale replaces DFS and this is done in June.
Finally, I think this is just too ambitious in terms of adding wings. We don't need Hunter and Collins on a team that also has DFS and Green (sure, it would be nice, but I think it is asking too much from Atlanta). If you have Allen, Collins, Kyrie and Luka, Green is just fine as your fifth starter backed up by O'Neale.
Allen Powell Min
Collins Morris Lawson
Green O'Neale Pinson
Kyrie (MLE) Holiday
Luka Hardy #21
This actually comes in a hair above the tax line if you S/W Bertans, get Powell for the minimum (I'm estimating higher, but for arguments sake...) and use the entire MLE.