(11-08-2023, 02:33 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Don't care who's making decisions over there, as long as whomever did it this past summer is the one who continues to do it.

(11-08-2023, 03:16 PM)MarkAguirreWrathofGod Wrote: In fairness, we traded back into the 2nd rd to take Jalen Hardy at #37 last summer— a fine piece of work. Still hard to believe he dropped that far.

(11-08-2023, 03:45 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Good pick. Bad asset management. Mavs giving up 24+28 2nd. Lakers getting a pick in the same range (#35) for cash + 24 2nd. Followed by a trade deadline where most big moves involved 3-5 2nd round picks.

Baby steps. Mavs apparently learned their lesson when it comes to first round picks. Next step are 2nd round picks, undrafted guys, summer/g-league rosters.

(11-10-2023, 06:20 PM)MarkAguirreWrathofGod Wrote: I agree with you it’s a better thought out deal than most. Claxton is an UFA though. And DFS seems to be declining. Even if we could re-sign Claxton, it would cost close to 20m per year and then you almost have to start him over Lively. Which would suck for Lively and be super awkward.

(11-10-2023, 09:50 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Skin interviewed Nico on the sideline during the first quarter.  He (rather boldly) asked him about making a trade to round out the roster.  Nico said he’d like to see 20 games or so before deciding anything (December 16th is our 20th game right after all those 12/15 guys become eligible for trades).  When asked about what we need, Nico said rebounding and physicality.

Poeltl trade incoming (though he has to wait until 1/15)

(11-10-2023, 11:53 PM)The Jom Wrote: Whoa! What??? Why do you immediately jump to Poeltl???

(11-11-2023, 09:37 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Hmmm, it’s interesting but I don’t know how I feel about giving up the 2027 for what would be a backup center making 20M an year over the next 4 seasons including this one. I like the player but I feel like there are cheaper alternatives that wouldn’t require that pick to fill in backup center minutes with better rebounding. I am however ready to throw Green in the trade machine to see what comes out, mostly because it feels like some of our other role playing wings are playing on the same level if not better.

(11-11-2023, 10:06 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: It's too early in the season to give up assets in a trade.  We need to give it a couple more months to know exactly what we have.  Kleber deserves a couple of months to see if he can get back to who he was in the 2022 playoffs.  If he can, then our roster looks fairly complete.  If he can't then we can find a competent backup big who's much less expensive than Poeltl. 

(11-11-2023, 09:49 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I am with you. Poetl has his fans here, but I’ve never been one of them. I totally get that he helps a ton with rebounding, but…is he even a pick and roll guy? THAT’s why Lively has gotten this chance and been so effective. I’m not so sure the Mavs would even be interested in Poetl. 

I’m also seeing a big disconnect between groups of us (fans). I started to make this point in a reply to IGT yesterday, but got distracted before finishing. There seem to be a group who thinks “48 minutes of center play” is the missing piece here. There are lots of different ways to look at that statement, but I’m not sure 48 minutes of Lively/Poetl (that you HAD to go with every night, for financial reasons) is what I’d want in the Mavs’ shoes. 

I could be totally wrong on this - just my feeling, but I think Kleber is the PERFECT complement to Lively as a backup, if only he’d play like the Kleber from two years ago. I haven’t given up on that idea…but even if the Mavs have, it kind of seems to me like they’d need to replace Kleber with a new, better Kleber. Physical and defensive, yes (Kleber used to be both of those things). Rebounding…Kleber has never been great there, so it would be easy to improve on him in that area. 

Point is, if they add a center, shouldn’t it be a guy who offers a way to play 5-out, giving them that option again? And if not, shouldn’t it be at least another guy who can play pick and roll, like Lively and Powell?