06-13-2023, 12:09 PM
(06-13-2023, 10:42 AM)Nowitzki Way Wrote: The Denver blueprint for roster construction has been talked about alot. When you read about their trades and signings, you keep hearing one word. FIT. They know what they have in Jokic/Murray and they find role players who compliment and FIT their big 2. I only hope we can do the same with Luka/Kyrie.
It also interesting to see that they only played 8 guys the whole series. This is normal come playoff/finals time, but to see they acquired 3 of the 8 in this last off season gives us hope.
Murray = Kyrie
Jokic = Luka
Gordon = ???
Porter Jr = ????
Caldwell-Pope = THJ
Brown = Hardy
Braun = Josh Green
Green = Maxi
We are technically missing two pieces from an 8 man Finals rotation. The problem is one of them is a center and the other should be one of these tall athletic forwards like Gordon, Siakam, or to a lesser extent Vanderbilt, DFS, etc. With both needing defense as their calling card.
This view pushes me towards trading #10 for a 3rd wheel like the Nuggets did with Aaron Gordon. This would probably need to be a big.
Then we'd only need our Porter Jr. Or is Josh Green ready to step up and be our version of Porter Jr?
If so then maybe we only need our Christian Braun. The 21st pick in the previous draft. Do we get a pick past the lottery for trading down past 10?
This is where versions of the Atlanta trade would be a homerun for us. Dallas get Collins/#15 for Bertans/Bullock / #10
At 15 we draft the best fit of who could be available. Lively, Hood-Schifino, Leonard Miller, Coulibaly, Jordan Hawkins
New roster compared to Denver:
Murray = Kyrie
Jokic = Luka
Gordon = John Collins
Porter Jr = Josh Green
Caldwell-Pope = THJ
Brown = Hardy
Braun = #16
Green = Maxi
Brown is probably going to opt out. I would love to have him in a starting role between Kyrie and Luka, because he’s a great rebounder and good defender and shooter. But we probably can‘t pay him much more than Denver could (7.8 million). And he said that he‘s willing to stay for less money because winning is more important to him than money right now.