07-27-2023, 06:19 PM
(07-27-2023, 05:19 PM)F Gump Wrote: IGT --
"Holmes still has his trade kicker in his contract right " -- No. That ship has sailed.
"McGee, cash (for buyout) and a couple seconds to OKC for 2 players they were gonna cut anyway" -- If this is meant as some help to a Capela trade being discussed, I'm not seeing how it helps there. If not ...
OKC is going to cut their junkiest. I'd want to know WHICH players, but very skeptical of the value. Having more junk on Mavs roster won't help. Eating up multiple roster slots doesn't help either. Nor does paying picks for junk. It's certainly a different story if they will let go of players who are good enough to fit into Mavs rotation, but that sure seems unlikely to me.
After cutting Gay, OKC still has 20 players on the roster. If they cut Oladipo (almost certainly) and Bertans (he has some money owed for next year and could be a useful salary match once they start cashing in those picks), they still have to cut 3 young players on rookie deals. Bodies for end of the bench, to see if there is something.
But, I only see this if Mavs have no other option but to dump McGee. In that case it might make more sense to take a couple of those players for end of the bench. They save OKC some money (they have to cut them otherwise), which might perhaps reduce the price of dumping McGee.