01-23-2022, 04:43 PM
(01-23-2022, 02:26 PM)F Gump Wrote: "I'd pay him what he's worth and sort out the team's cap health in other ways."
This ^ feels right.
My working analyzer on JB (and DFS) ideas is: "does this make the Mavs better?"
I see lots of ideas that move on from them, because of the possible contract(s), but I don't think those tend to end up with the Mavs being better, than they already are with them. For a team that's been way too low on talent, and needs to get more, it's not wise to intentionally go backwards in talent. We should have learned over the last decade that finding/adding good talent is really hard, so you'd better hold onto what you have if you finally get some, unless you can get back some talent even better by letting go.
And this is the best argument for not trading JB or DFS... You risk having a significant talent downgrade unless it's a simultaneous deal. That's what makes the situation so tricky IMO because you clearly have something positive building.
I lean to only trading Brunson unless DFS has unexpectedly high value. Covington was traded at the 2020 draft for 2 1sts just barely over a year ago.You'd think DFS so its very interesting what his value might be.
Maybe there is a happy medium where you can get Kemba or Schroeder or some other PG that fits into the TPE that can score well and fill some of the void of losing Brunson. Perhaps replacement scoring PG plus some other small upgrade at the deadline elsewhere on the roster keeps the roster close to the current level and you cash on your assets at the draft or FA.