2020-2021 NBA Season thread

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs will be well over the cap, but will have 5.9mill (taxpayer MLE)

If he can be had for 5.9mill, I would be happy

1) Re-sign Brunson for as cheap as possible (15-20)
2) Use the MLE for Hartenstein (I think he'll get offers for 9-12 a year but who knows)
3) Pick up Green's team option
4) Use the draft pick on BPA or trade him to get rid of THJ/Bertans and/or upgrade the roster
5) Pray Burke opts out of Player Option

It's not a huge upgrade, but it is my best-case scenario based on our situation (we have a late first and a late second, few tradable assets, are well over the cap, and only have taxpayer MLE)

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Mavs will be well over the cap, but will have 5.9mill (taxpayer MLE)

If he can be had for 5.9mill, I would be happy

1) Re-sign Brunson for as cheap as possible (15-20)
2) Use the MLE for Hartenstein (I think he'll get offers for 9-12 a year but who knows)
3) Pick up Green's team option
4) Use the draft pick on BPA or trade him to get rid of THJ/Bertans and/or upgrade the roster
5) Pray Burke opts out of Player Option

It's not a huge upgrade, but it is my best-case scenario based on our situation (we have a late first and a late second, few tradable assets, are well over the cap, and only have taxpayer MLE)

can we trade a future 1st instead of this year's? I like option 4 and would prefer getting rid of THJ if possible (i think he may have more value) But would still like the mavs to keep this year's 1st to draft a big to develop/grow

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

can we trade a future 1st instead of this year's? I like option 4 and would prefer getting rid of THJ if possible (i think he may have more value) But would still like the mavs to keep this year's 1st to draft a big to develop/grow

FRPs we can trade this year
2022 (after drafting a player)
2025
2026 (if we don’t trade 2025)
2027

We only have one FRP that we owe (2023 from KP deal) but that prevents the 2022 and 2024 picks from being traded until we choose a player. That doesn’t stop us from making a deal with the pick where we draft someone another team likes and trading their rights for something. We can negotiate before we draft and finalize after. The pick becomes player right after we draft and thus skirts the rule.

“You like Player X? If we draft Player X will you give us Player Y?”