(02-08-2024, 06:34 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: If I were to be honest, I would have done the PJ trade but not the Gafford trade. I may completely change my opinion on both but taking my thoughts previous to today that is where I would have landed. But I am wrong often. I thought Grant would be great here
I am just the opposite -- I thought the Gafford acquisition was better, and has the greater chance of bringing noteworthy improvement to the team.
To me he's been a desirable piece since last summer (and before, too), because he's a very good screen setting rim-runner like Powell, but he also blocks shots and rebounds (which Powell isn't very good at). I don't see a conflict with Lively -- in the Mavs better years, they had a 2-center rotation with two GOOD centers. And DG's contract is attractively priced (just above MLE).
As for PJW, while I hope he'll blossom in Dallas, to me he's always seemed like way more hype than substance. And I'm a big believer that it's extremely myopic about risk to trade for a player who will have to do way more than he has ever done before, to be worth the trade cost. Fortunately the trade cost was modest (neither GW nor SC were valuable here), and the lost value of the 1st (which hopefully will be low in the round) is somewhat offset by the gain of the 2 2nds.
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