07-10-2023, 01:13 AM
(07-09-2023, 11:01 PM)F Gump Wrote: One potential issue with PJW would be the contract it would take. Or maybe not, depending on your view of his worth.
Let's work with the THJ + 2nd concept to see what it looks like.
If CHA intends to keep Oubre or his rights (and they seemed to like what he gave them last season), the snt match for PJW gets tricky because of Base Year issues. The smallest number you could pay him in that swap would be a starting salary of $20,795,456. If you're keeping score, that does land the Mavs under the tax line by almost $2M.
If you did max-declining salaries, the deal is either 3 yrs/$59,267,050 or 4 yrs/$76,943,187.
Is he worth that sort of number, in this NBA economy? With a hard cap world, that question really matters, if you don't want to kill your roster-building options ahead. And if you're keeping Green, he's going to have a sizable salary jump next season that has to be part of that equation.
The question to ask is how much of an improvement would he offer, at a position that seems to be fairly well stocked already for both now and the future (Maxi, GWill, Prosper). And he's neither the C nor the wing that the Mavs are looking for, so now how do you navigate those waters?
Scoring averages of our whole PF/C rotation last season.
Powell 6.7 PPG
Kleber 5.9 PPG
Williams 5.1 PPG
McGee 4.4 PPG
Holmes 3.1 PPG
Lively N/A
Omax N/A
....that´s how much improvement the 24 year old Washington would bring.
Also regardless of Charlotte coming down from his ludicrous S&T demands, you nurture the relationship now and you might be able to make the (sign&)trade later.
