07-12-2023, 06:51 PM
(07-12-2023, 04:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: Price is not the issue. It's the fact that this approach would have them heading to having half the roster at the center position, and no depth anywhere else.
In no particular order, 1 Holmes, 2 Lively, 3 Powell, 4 Maxi, 5 McGee already, and looking for another 6 Bamba, and then another 7 Capela(?) to put on top of the list.
At some point, multiple Cs need to be sent away before adding someone else to the bottom of the list. As well as to any other part of it, too.
I'm fine with Powell being brought back in a player coach type of role and emergency injury insurance type player or very specific matchup big, which I hope he is now, but he definitely shouldn't be impeding any high upside player. If they could get Bamba they shouldn't have resigned Powell if roster slots are an issue. Doesn't look like roster slots are a problem right now though? They should have a bunch of centers and let the ones that play the best remain on the team. Now was the time to take a chance on Bamba while his value is at its lowest and he's looking for a good fit. None of these guys other than Lively should scare him from getting playtime in the future. He's obviously cool with being a backup sitting behind Embiid. If he hits, he can be a matchup big that plays the Maxi role when the team wants to go 5 out. Maxi is a tweener and very injury prone plus on the wrong side of 30 so who knows how much he has left in the tank before he falls off. Anyway it's moot now but it'll look dumb as shit if he becomes a solid player and the Mavs decided they didn't need him when their center room is full of uncertainty.