07-02-2023, 04:25 PM
(07-02-2023, 03:54 PM)Okstate819 Wrote: Stein’s substack.
The Mavericks, league sources, have interest in two restricted free agents as they seek to address their significant need for a good defender on the wing: Portland's Matisse Thybulle and Boston's Grant Williams.
The Rockets, I’m told, had interest in signing Powell before pivoting to the former Suns center Jock Landale.
If Landale got $8mm and Houston ‘pivoted’ to him after trying to get Powell, does that mean Powell turned down $8mm?
Williams and Thybulle make some sense. Neither is old by any means, so they could be around for a while. Are they available for the MLE? Do they require more? As I’ve illustrated, easy to get to $17mm area with just McGee as the outgoing. Taking McGee’s salary would seem problematic for Boston. FG mentioned sending cash with McGee to pay some of the difference between his salary and a minimum slot. That seems a more likely strategy for Thybulle.