10-24-2022, 11:20 AM
(10-24-2022, 05:10 AM)F Gump Wrote: It really doesn't matter where you might intend to go from there - my point was that it would leave the Mavs so deep into tax next season that Cuban would almost certainly kill the deal.So, the vision of getting the team to a point where they are favorites is the reason to pitch Cuban. When we were an exciting team that won regular season games, that was when the Dallasites supported the team and filled the arena and bought, bought, bought. Having Luka brings people, having a title favorite brings them in droves, Dallas loves their winning teams.
Who's the "stud" you'd want to target? It's not OG. While he is often coveted in this forum, TOR would be looking for the exact opposite of the deal mentioned here. They are looking to move up and get BETTER players, not shed talent. And the only reason OG was ever out there was in ideas for a STUD CENTER. There has never been the notion they would move him for less, as they have visions of adding that last key piece to their current roster to grab another title.
As far as the OG idea, he’s for sure on my radar cause he brings everything we want in a player to add to this roster. He reportedly wants a bigger role and all the trades I’m seeing from TOR fans has them wanting a PG to push Van Vleet to the SG spot. Rozier, coming off a great playoff run and 2 firsts is the vision for that kind of deal. It certainly won’t get done with THJ or Bertans.
Even still, OG is the archetype for the player I want to fill all the holes we have on the team. I’m looking for OUR Dejuante Murray trade next offseason. The who isn’t as much the issue in my mind (there has been 1 or 2 of these types every offseason for a few years) as the assets needed to acquire them.
Jonathan Isaac fresh off a full year of playing and bringing his value up (which is what I think ORL is doing since they have Banchero and WCJ there now). Who is the next Utah? Hayward is the expiring that can snatch a player or 2 from a team looking to clear salary and tank. I don’t think Bertans would be that and much of the time you would need to add THJ in to match salary which means the bigger money is going to the multiple years.