NBA Trade Rumors: Finding a Workable Framework to Send DeAndre Jordan to Dallas

It appears as though DeAndre Jordan is currently caught in the middle of a staring contest between the L.A. Clippers, with whom he has played his whole career, and the Dallas Mavericks, the team he would reportedly like to join in free agency this summer (again).

Reports have circulated in recent days that, rather than take on the risks associated with free agency (Clippers could lose DJ for no compensation, DJ and Dallas both have to contend with other suitors and targets), there have been talks around an opt-in-and-trade, where Jordan would exercise his player option to be paid $24 million next season and then the Clippers would trade the final season of his contract to Dallas. All three…