Chad Ford: Mavericks likely to move 13th pick

[BleedGreen1989]

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider  17h 
Hearing from multiple sources that Mavs likely to trade the No. 13 pick. Want to save cap space for Dwight Howard run ...

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider  2h 
No. 13 draft pick slotted to make $1,655,300 in year one.  Mavs need all the cap room they can get to make room for Howard.

Not really a shocker here but figured I'd make a thread about it

[Lucky17]

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider  17h 
Hearing from multiple sources that Mavs likely to trade the No. 13 pick. Want to save cap space for Dwight Howard run ...

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider  2h 
No. 13 draft pick slotted to make $1,655,300 in year one.  Mavs need all the cap room they can get to make room for Howard.

Not really a shocker here but figured I'd make a thread about it

Yeah. Wonder if Atlanta will too. Back to back picks at #17 and #18.

[Kane3387]

We can trade the china guys and a future pick.

[BleedGreen1989]

We can trade the china guys and a future pick.

Yea I can certainly see Danny making a move if somebody drops he likes. Maybe Shabazz 

[Lucky17]

Could trade Crawford for Vince Carter, too. Would trim another $1 mil off their books for next year.

Edit: Not sure now. Works in Trade Machine, but I'm skeptical now I look more closely at the numbers.

[BleedGreen1989]

Could trade Crawford for Vince Carter, too. Would trim another $1 mil off their books for next year.

Edit: Not sure now. Works in Trade Machine, but I'm skeptical now I look more closely at the numbers.

If we ran it back (which is looking very much up in the air right now) I think I'd be ok with that trade. Vince has surprisingly adjusted his game quite well to be a role player at this point.

[indeedproceed]

Could trade Crawford for Vince Carter, too. Would trim another $1 mil off their books for next year.

Edit: Not sure now. Works in Trade Machine, but I'm skeptical now I look more closely at the numbers.

IIRC what makes the most sense is Pierce for Marion/Carter/Cunningham, then waive Pierce=8.3ish in cap savings. Everything else is either a player option that will be exercised (Mayo) or a qualifying offer they can decline to offer (Collison, Beaubois). Leaves them with money for near-max offers to Paul and Howard, or easily enough for Howard at the max outright.

Everything else leaves them with a near albatross of Marion's 8 million on the books.

If we were able to parlay T-Will, White, and Shav for Carter and the first, that'd be so very, very sweet.

Either way, Jordan Crawford is fully guaranteed for next year, so I don't think that works.

[indeedproceed]

We can trade the china guys and a future pick.

With the team in flux, that seems like a terrible idea unless there are heavy protections layered on it, right?