Taking the cap/salary figures from https://www.spotrac.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/cap/2021/
- Drop all relevant Cap Holds (THJ, James Johnson, Boban), ignore Bey/Hinton
- Signed Salary $92,697,005 + 2xemtpy slot ($925,258) +33,724,260 for Giannis first year (30% Max of $112,414,200) = 128,541,781
- Assume you can talk JRich to opt-in and get paid a year later.
So you need to drop 16,127,581 of salary to have room for Giannis, so you either trade DP and Maxi for air or trade DP and one of Green/Burke for air and drop WCS team option (adding one empty slot at rookie min).
All correct? Big questions are: will Giannis leave the super max on the table? Will JRich co-operate? Do you find a taker for DP?
Starters: Luka, Giannis, KP, JRich + DFS/Brunson/Terry depending on performance/matchups.
Bench: Brunson, Terry, Iwundu and 2-3 of Maxi/Green/Burke/WCS plus 2ways Bey, Hinton. Plus room exception, BAE and ring hunting vet mins.
2023 you can pay everyone you want to keep via exceptions.
- Drop all relevant Cap Holds (THJ, James Johnson, Boban), ignore Bey/Hinton
- Signed Salary $92,697,005 + 2xemtpy slot ($925,258) +33,724,260 for Giannis first year (30% Max of $112,414,200) = 128,541,781
- Assume you can talk JRich to opt-in and get paid a year later.
So you need to drop 16,127,581 of salary to have room for Giannis, so you either trade DP and Maxi for air or trade DP and one of Green/Burke for air and drop WCS team option (adding one empty slot at rookie min).
All correct? Big questions are: will Giannis leave the super max on the table? Will JRich co-operate? Do you find a taker for DP?
Starters: Luka, Giannis, KP, JRich + DFS/Brunson/Terry depending on performance/matchups.
Bench: Brunson, Terry, Iwundu and 2-3 of Maxi/Green/Burke/WCS plus 2ways Bey, Hinton. Plus room exception, BAE and ring hunting vet mins.
2023 you can pay everyone you want to keep via exceptions.