01-05-2021, 06:24 PM
(01-05-2021, 05:50 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I am willing to just wait until the summer rather than give up anything good for Dipo. You give up something good and he can just walk anyway. I do think he should be a top target for the Mavs.
While I like that idea in theory, it doesn't feel practical.
To have enough cap room for a max offer for VO is hard, unless you don't mind letting both J-Rich and THJ walk. Plus more. In addition to those two, you might ALSO have to give away Maxi, or WCS, or DFS, but if not one of them, then probably several other players too. Added together, it feels like way more roster surgery than the Mavs would be interested in doing. And is VO worth ALL of that talent?
A sign-and-trade probably wouldn't be any easier, because you're adding more assets going to Indy, plus you have to satisfy trade rules. And trading players getting big raises, like VO and perhaps J-Rich, can make a salary match problematic.
Obviously where there's a will there's a way, but it would be quite a challenge. If it were me, I think the summer equation is so undesirable that I would be looking for a trade before the deadline, with the summer not really being a consideration. But that's just me.