2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Scott41theMavs]

I can't imagine we are going to use the pick just to dump Timmy's salary.  That would be making this team objectively worse simply to avoid paying tax.  I don't think there would be a valid asset building argument to make that move.  If Cuban does something like that, it will be clear he is more worried about his pocket book than winning championships.

I'm of the opinion that Timmy's defensive woes make him a non-fit for these Mavs (i.e. a Luka-Brunson-SD-DFS-RB-Maxi-our new center core), as well as taking the ball out of the hands of better offensive players. I get not dumping him to dump him, but on the other hand I firmly believe that playing him in the interests of raising his value for trades the first few months of next year will hurt team chemistry and defense, and likely cost us wins. I would have no problem whatsoever with using our first (it's a 26th pick, folks. How much confidence do you have in our current, untried BT to nail a pick in that range?) to de-clutter our payroll. If we get something helpful back in return, even better.