01-21-2022, 07:44 AM
(01-20-2022, 06:25 PM)F Gump Wrote: How about offering both THJ, Powell to ORL, with the Mavs willing to take on Ross ...
Would it be enough to get the Mavs both Bamba (who then gets flipped to Charlotte for PJ Washington) plus a still-very-injured Isaac? I suspect it wouldn't be enough, but I'd be very tempted to roll the dice if it was.
That feels like a Cuban-Classic move, not the kind of thing we've seen in quite a while. I'd love it, but it would be a tough sell in Orlando. They are sending out two of their recent top 10 draft picks. The payoff for those seasons of being bad are Powell and THJ? that doesn't feel like nearly enough. It doesn't really save them any money (unless you count the money you don't sign Bamba to a year from now). And, its not like Issac is keeping them from making the playoffs (or Powell/Hardaway would get them there).
On the plus side, it would give them a Harris replacement and a Lopez replacement and gets them out from under Ross. That's not nothing. Powell expires before they have to pay Anthony and Hampton (assuming he grows into something). The bigger issue is 25/26 when they have to pay Suggs and Wagner and make a call on UFA Isaac if they still have him. By that time Hardaway's contract is done. There is logic to all of that, but I think Dallas would need to do more. Maybe hometown boy Finney-Smith. Maybe Maxi instead of Powell. Maybe a pick. I don't know. If I were Orlando and I'm not trying to be good yet, I'd probably try to rehab his value a bit more before doing anything.