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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Here was my round number analysis look:
1 RIGHT NOW - Mavs are already at or near tax line next year, which puts them about 7M below the apron. OKAY.
2 Trade result - Trade away $41M in salaries, bring in Siakam (max is a bit over 42M), is about a wash (as you put it, "keeps us around the tax give or take a million or two depending on what Siakam signs for). YES. BUT - that does not account for two empty roster slots added, at a total cap hit of more than $4M.
3 SW Holmes - Adds 8M in room ("he can be stretched to save another $8mm or so"). YES. BUT - that does not account for one empty roster slot added, at a total cap hit of more than $2M.

So the NT-MLE room for DJJ (about $12M) is reduced by about $6M (to around the Txp-MLE of $5.2M).



Like I said, I wasn't trying to shoot AT you, but rather get some better numbers in the conversational mix. That is, we need another $6M, in addition to all that. No offense intended, and apologies if I didn't say it properly. 

Is there some other avenue to DJJ money I don't see? Or alternately, is $6M or so enough?

Thanks for the explanation.  I’d still say $6-$9mm depending on whether you carry a 15th player or not and whether one of the 14 is a second round pick or not.  I do think $9mm is in the neighborhood, but who knows what happens between now and then.  He could go on a killer run in the playoffs and make all sorts of money or shoot 25% off the bench because we traded for someone to start in front of him.  Those scenarios would paint a wide variation of salary outcomes in my mind.

Also, I think it is much more realistic to ask Siakam to take Kyrie money or even $40mm flat as a starting number than to ask him to do the 30-30-35-35…as others have pointed out.  All probably mute as Jake F. Has  joined Stein in poo-pooing Mav interest in Siakam.