2019 Mavs Free Agency

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Underdog

We have a $21.3m TPE from the Barnes trade that we could send if Houston is looking to dump Capela without taking anything back... If Powell walks, it would only cut $3m into our current cap numbers... That would obviously take us out of the running for the top-tier FAs, but mid-tier guys like Brogdon, as well as lower-tier guys like Beverly, would still be doable.

Rockettes make no sense

They make CP and Capela available, which says that they are mortgaging the present to rebuild in the future.

Then they are saying that they want to trade picks to build around Harden? That says they want to win now and now later.

Seems like either the info is wrong/mixed or they just want to dump an unhappy CP3 while continuing to try to win? In that case, Chris Paul would be who they are really trying to dump. He's talented, but 160mill is ridiculous for him. Normally I'd be all for taking on bad contracts to get talent (particularly cap-friendly talent like Capela), but Chris Paul's contract is beyond terrible.

44mill at 37 years old. Eep!