NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[Mavs2021]

I do not. 

What I mean is: what makes you think Bamba will ever be a player worth having in the modern NBA, even if developed? Seems like just a guy, to me, and that's before he starts to lose a step (which seems to happen even younger for the big guys, usually). 

I don't particularly despise the player or anything, but I think he'd play (on a good team) about as much as MBrown will play here in important games, which is to say almost not at all.

What am I missing with Bamba? What makes you think he's such an attractive target?

I can totally do without the PF/C experiment. I want to play small and go for another 20 PPG playmaker, but the Mavs might be dead set on this theory.

They did start the season with about 4-5 centers on the roster afterall. I honestly don´t know what their real thoughts are on this Porzingis Twin Towers PF stuff, but I´d much prefer to invest some minutes into a former lottery pick that has some tools and mobility to test that theory properly at a fairly low cost. 

Plus I think there is some potential with Bamba. He´s had just 190 NBA games. This season is the first he played real minutes. He´s got to 10/8 with 2 blocks and almost 2 assists, while shooting sub 0.500 from the field and only getting to the line once per game. He has the body to develop into this rim-runner type that has done great with us, especially with a savant like Luka. He also seems like the type of player that would benefit from playing with other good players. So assuming you can get his FG% up by 10% and his FT attempts up by two per game, you are looking at a 14/10 projection with 2 blocks. And I doubt he´ll cost much more than the MLE to retain next summer.

I think that´s the kind of forward projections we have to nail.

Jarrett Allen and Lauri Markkanen were two such players that became available last year. Bamba/Bagley are it this year. Myles Turner could totally be such a player. I just think the cost will be totally unreasonable compared to all these other guys mentioned.