08-04-2021, 12:12 PM
(08-04-2021, 12:09 PM)cjeter24 Wrote: My personal take on it is that the Mavs dont' really want Dragic all that bad.
They want to swap Powell for Dragic for the obvious reasons of too many centers, and a lack of playmaking guards. And to make Luka happy of course.
But they don't value him in any sort of way. The value in the deal is offloading Powell which has been what the Mavs have been rumored to be trying to do the last few days.
That sets them up to be opportunistic in trades this year and free agency next year because they would have all their contracts easy tradable good players. They all sort of have some value.
They desperately need a secondary playmaker. In the short term Dragic makes a lot of sense for that purpose alone. Making the superstar happy seems like another good reason. I don't see a lot of other options.