2018 NBA Draft

[Magnum_3_Ball]

This was a really great read. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to have better context for what NBA front offices will be thinking at the trade deadline & next summer in free agency.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...-crunch-coming


Cliffs: Teams got crazy with the contracts they handed out 2 years ago, the salary cap hasn't increased as was expected, so now most teams are stuck with unmovable contracts & it's created a seller's market.


From a Mavs' perspective. A) and this should be said up front... Not just this article but everything I've heard recently says teams aren't giving up 1st round picks. Like DeAndre Jordan isn't returning a first round pick. In fact, Wojnarowski said on Zach Lowe's most recent podcast that he thinks the Clippers would rather just let Jordan walk this summer than take on salary & a 1st round pick. That's how serious this salary bubble is in the NBA right now. So, B) we probably shouldn't expect anything to happen for the Mavs. At most maybe we sneak out a mid 2nd round pick. But, C) One of the last things said in this article (quoting a GM in the league) "... it will be hard to offload salary, and if you want to, the teams with space will probably charge high prices to take money from your books." Which means there is hope the Mavs can pull off something major because there might be a team out there desperate enough to unload salary & avoid the luxury tax next year. The Mavs are one of the few teams with plenty of salary cap space, so we might find ourselves in the rare position of getting a team to overpay to take on salary.