Team Tank 2022-23

[Mavs2021]

2. Resign a Kyrie.

I'm not fan of Kyrie, but letting him go for nothing 3 months after trading for him would officialy make Dallas Mavericks joke franchise.

Resign him and see if they can figure the things in the next season with the new coach.

Nah. There is no SEE. If you give him 200/4, he immediately becomes the worst contract in the league. A 6´3 guard in his 30s on a max contract, with bad feet and a bad attitude. There is absolutely no outs. If you commit to Irving, that is it.

Right now there are sill a few outs.

1. Lakers suddenly have a bunch of interesting frontcourt players with Hachimura, Bamba and Vanderbilt that combined with a 1st round pick should be very attractive. Reaves, Schroeder or Walker would help this team, too.

2. The Suns have absolutely NOTHING to offer in terms of young players and assets, so by default it would have to be Ayton (with or without CP3). New owner syndrome and KD. There is a small window.

3. The Bulls have had a rough year and could potentially be lured by the name and championship pedigree of Kyrie. Though that´s more of a long shot.

But the moment he signs 200/4 and misses 10 games for mental or physical reasons, you can start the Luka clock.

Ig I thought the MBT was run by super professionals, I´d assume they are just using Kyrie to turn Dinwiddie/DFS and a Mavs 2027 pick into a Lakers 1st round pick (with higher value), plus Vanderbilt, Bamba and Russell. If we are honest Russell is as good as Dinwiddie and Vanderbilt/Bamba are probably no worse than DFS in terms of the depth and replacement value in comparison to Powell, Wood and McGee.