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

[DanSchwartzgan]

• https://medium.com/mavsforum/mavericks-t...44aebb6f9e - Building off a Cato idea Mavs get Capela in a trade-back that involves THJ and McGee
  

I like your updated version of this where you add McGee to the deal (as opposed to the Cato version that was just THJ, Capela and the picks).  It balances the value of giving up #10 better than the original.  It clears an extra $5.7mm and creates a $5.4mm TE.  It is simple and clean and puts the Maverick’s investment at a position of need instead of a position of abundance.  

It passes the “why would Atlanta do this” test.  They can get a more coveted player at 10, get needed outside shooting and move Okongwu to the starting C spot.

Personally I’m not in love with being at #10.  I think there is a dropoff after the guys who most frequently get mocked in the top 9.  Meanwhile, I like almost everyone from among Coulibaly, L. Miller, Bufkin, Wallace, Hawkins, Clowney, JHS, Lively and Whitehead.  If someone takes Dick prior to 15, five of the guys I listed will still be there at 15.  Admittedly, there are some high ceiling, low floor guys here, but multiple guys from this list are likely to pass at least some of the guys currently projected in the Top 9.