2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[omahen]

I will say, I don't think Grant will be any less expensive than Collins and Wood sounds like he'll be much more trade expensive to get too.

I think Collins is a long shot for Mavs, simply because where Atlanta is in the team building stage. I find it very unlikely Atlanta would be interested in a couple of role players and picks. 

I think it is very possible that the price demand for Grant will be unreasonable. I think two picks (the 2022 pick will be in the twenties) is a fair offer. More than that is unrealistic for a player on an expiring deal that will command a substantial pay raise. 

I am not sure Mavs have ammo for potential top free agents like Lillard or Beal. So should they spend for second or third tier stars like Grant or wait with same team for another season? If they fail in playoffs again, waiting will be very difficult. 

What might become available? 

I think Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Golden State, Clippers, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minny, NO, Philly, Phoenix and Toronto will only look for either star upgrades (Mavs don't have) or improvements around the edges (them not willing to trade good players). 

Charlotte likely still needs a center and PJ Washington might be available. Could he be the big wing starter we are looking for? Perhaps, not very sure.

Detroit has Grant and will listen to proposals. Mavs will have better assets on draft night than they did at TDL.

Houston has Wood, look at Grant description.

Brogdon is a very interesting name with Indiana, but where would we fit him with Brunson, SD and THJ? Hield is killing it for them so far, so difficult to see how they would be convinced THJ is an upgrade. Turner is also there, but basically their only center. 

LeBron situation with Lakers will be very interesting. Will they consider trading him? If not, Davis might get available (they can't improve just by trading Westbrook). But as long as LeBron is there, stars are the only thing that interests them. 

NY will certainly want to upgrade, but there is no one I would be interested in, that would fill one of those two positions of need. OKC also has basically nothing interesting that would be available. 

Orlando has Isaac. Always injured, but very good when he wasn't a decade or two ago  Not really sure why would they look to sell low since they are not looking to turn into a contender soon. Unless now it is not sell low, in which case I am not interested at all.

Portland might finish what they started by trading Lillard or they might cash in the gained cap space and picks for someone like Ayton. In any case I don't see much possibility for Mavs to jump in. 

Sacramento will try for 287th time in the row to get to play-in (and fail again). I guess Holmes will be traded. 

San Antonio. I expect an end of an era with Pop reitiring as a coach with most wins in history. What will follow? Likely a full scale rebuild. Is Murray part of long term plans? He is older than rest of the rebuilding guys and has only two years left - if he doesn't want to be part of a likely long term rebuild, the time to sell is summer or TDL. I am not really interested in anything else there. Poeltl is imho not good enough to justify the cost. 

Washington has never ending Beal story. He will likely sign that huge extension and be traded later. Not interested in anything else there.

Utah is the team that is most likely to blow it up if they fail in the playoffs. However, I am not a Gobert fan and Mitchell is reportedly more enamored with more flashy locations. The rest doesn't really fill our needs. Perhaps switch one of our long term contracts (THJ, Bertans) for expiring Bogdanovic?