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[SleepingHero]

DAL: Drummond, Rose.

DET: Wright, Brunson, Lee, 2020 GSW 2nd.

That trade leaves us with 108M guaranteed of contracts on 13 players (I'm including our 2020 1st pick, Roby and Jackson). Assuming he opts out, can we sign him in the summer? That trade would leave us only 8M under the cap having to resign only Drummond. Do we get another MLE (used on Curry last year) or BAE (used on Boban)?

We would be locked into Doncic/THJ/DFS/KP/Drummond/Rose/Curry/Jackson or 1st/Kleber/Powell. With the way they are playing, is this roster a championship caliber team?

I mean if the going price for Drummond is 1 expiring contract of little to no value, and 1 good thing, I don't see why the Mavs would throw in both Wright and Brunson.

To make the money work Wright+Lee is more than enough for both Rose+Drummond. Since the Mavs are offering Wright+31st pick, that's 2 good things as well. 

No reason to give up Brunson in any Drummond deal is how I see it.

I do think Luka/THJ/DFS/KP/Drummond is a contending starting lineup. Our bench gets consolidated a bit and the Mavs find another shot creator in Rose. Rose/Curry/---/Maxi/Powell is a helluva 2nd lineup. Mavs would just need to find 1 more forward, either a starter type (to move DFS to the bench, which would be extremely hard to do), or a bench guy of varying skill to play within that Rose/Curry/---/Maxi/Powell. Carlisle could even run his 3 guard lineups with Rose/Curry/Brunson. 

It'd be an interesting team on paper, but it's extremely risky and a shakeup in the middle of a season for a team thats already on pace for 50+wins.