07-14-2023, 07:53 AM
If no bigger move is done, I think OKC is the most logical solution for the McGee "situation". They have too many players on the roster and will be cutting some young guys as it is. So it doesn't really hurt them to send them to a third team. They have plenty of room below the tax, but no more exceptions to play with. So salaries would need to match. I have no idea, which of their gazillion of unproven youngsters they like and which they don't. I think some of them can't be aggregated in a deal (Garuba, Washington). Or am I wrong about that?
The basic idea is to send McGee and two SRP for a couple of youngsters OKC doesn't need. I think this is better than just dumping McGee to a team with cap space like SA or Utah. If I understand the rules correctly, OKC needs to send back salary of at least 50 % of McGee salary, which means 2.867.140. Mavs also has a small TE left to take a player or two in directly, if needed because they can't be aggregated.
They don't have any usefull bigger salaries as it is to think about taking more salaries back scenarios. I think Poku, Dieng and all three Williamses are off the table in any case, as long as we are speaking about those SRP scenarios.
Mann is the only player that could be redundant in OKC and has enough salary for a direct deal. Small PG, bad shooter, not really interested at all. Mavs had some interest in Garuba before, but his salary is not big enough for direct deal and I am not sure if he can be aggregated with other players. Washington is another inefficient PG. Isaiah Joe is a good shooter SG, but Mavs already have three players on this position and role. Wiggins is a wing who had a good shooting year. Looks interesting. Robinson-Earl is a PF/C, who can shoot some, but didn't really improve in his second season.
Based on this, I would have interest in any combination of Garuba, Wiggins and Robinson-Earl.
The basic idea is to send McGee and two SRP for a couple of youngsters OKC doesn't need. I think this is better than just dumping McGee to a team with cap space like SA or Utah. If I understand the rules correctly, OKC needs to send back salary of at least 50 % of McGee salary, which means 2.867.140. Mavs also has a small TE left to take a player or two in directly, if needed because they can't be aggregated.
They don't have any usefull bigger salaries as it is to think about taking more salaries back scenarios. I think Poku, Dieng and all three Williamses are off the table in any case, as long as we are speaking about those SRP scenarios.
Mann is the only player that could be redundant in OKC and has enough salary for a direct deal. Small PG, bad shooter, not really interested at all. Mavs had some interest in Garuba before, but his salary is not big enough for direct deal and I am not sure if he can be aggregated with other players. Washington is another inefficient PG. Isaiah Joe is a good shooter SG, but Mavs already have three players on this position and role. Wiggins is a wing who had a good shooting year. Looks interesting. Robinson-Earl is a PF/C, who can shoot some, but didn't really improve in his second season.
Based on this, I would have interest in any combination of Garuba, Wiggins and Robinson-Earl.