(02-03-2024, 10:33 AM)omahen Wrote: the author (Milwaukee beat writer) proposed GW for Portis straight up

(02-03-2024, 05:39 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Zach Lavine opting for surgery and is out for the year.  The Pistons almost got their guy.  LOL

(02-04-2024, 08:09 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: For those who want to wait until the summer:



Josh Bowe
@Boweman55
the mavericks big money offseason trade/free agent acquisitions since luka's rookie season:

delon wright, 2019
josh richardson, 2020
reggie bullock, 2021
christian wood, 2022
grant williams, 2023

(02-04-2024, 08:27 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I don't have a horse in this race but there is only so much you can do in the summer when you are low on tradeable assets because you gave up multiple picks in desperation midseason trades. Not to mention the lack of capspace because they had to max/near max the deadline additions.
Could easily flip this around and think about the lack of assets. Did they lose them in the summer or in midseason trades.

(02-04-2024, 08:09 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: For those who want to wait until the summer:



Josh Bowe
@Boweman55
the mavericks big money offseason trade/free agent acquisitions since luka's rookie season:

delon wright, 2019
josh richardson, 2020
reggie bullock, 2021
christian wood, 2022
grant williams, 2023

(02-04-2024, 08:52 AM)Knutsen Wrote: If you don‘t have strong assets you need to maximize the ones you do have even more, for example the Midlevel Exception. 

The guys on the list all disappointed and were paid in a range where a solid Top 5-7 player on a competitive roster must be found, like Bullock was for a single season. I give Williams another chance because he’s young and has never been a starter before, but ideally you hit on all these acquisitions.

(02-04-2024, 08:57 AM)omahen Wrote: That is true, but lets not neglect the fact that both big trade acquisitions (KP, Irving) were done at TDL while using some of the best assets available. This offseason will be the first one since drafting Luka where Mavs will actually have serious assets available. Another connecting dot for all of the moves above was Mavs opting for meh options instead of collecting/saving assets to use once the real opportunity comes. And then spending assets to dump those guys, whose main fault was that they were simply not good enough for the role Mavs wanted them to be. Wright, Richardson and even Bullock are solid rotation players, but none of them is close to the quality of third best guy Mavs are searching through this whole period (first third best guy to play next to Luka and KP and second third best guy to play next to Luka and Kyrie). The exact same mistake they are likely to repeat this TDL by spending assets on an average player that will just not be good enough for the role they need.

The big fail was free agency in KP years, where they had cap space possibilities twice but used them as described above. Even if big targets were not available or didn't want to come, a better approach would be to capitalize on cap space by eating some bad salaries for assets instead of signing and overpaying average rotation players.

(02-04-2024, 11:03 AM)Winter Wrote: I don't think "waiting" is a strategy unless you know who you're waiting for and whether it's realistic. We could have more assets only to be faced with a limited number of two-way players (see above problem).

There are players like Gafford and maybe Portis that I would argue are available now and would be significant players on this roster. Maybe we can't afford them, but I think it's mostly that we haven't been very creative. Perhaps this Front Office is different. I doubt they're thinking let's do nothing and hold onto our assets just in case there's some top tier two-way players hitting the market. If I were Luca, that would be the last thing I wanted to hear. I hope that's not the how this FO works.

There are 30 teams competing for the best players. You're going to have to work to upgrade your roster, and you're going to have to look for every opportunity to do that.

(02-04-2024, 11:16 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I wish we'd go ahead and make the move.  As you said, there are only a few teams looking to tank and a very limited number of good players on the market right now.  I'd like to add Isaiah Stewart, Gafford or Avdija before someone else grabs them.  I think each would be worth our top-10 protected 2027 pick.

(02-04-2024, 11:19 AM)youzigizag Wrote: Can anyone clear up the Avdija talk for me?  Is he is second string to a better player so he might be available?

RealGM posts seem to suggest he isnt available and the team likes him.   Not untouchable, but not available is what I took from reading their board a few days ago.  He is talked about like he is pretty gettable around here. 

Im getting mixed signals

(02-04-2024, 11:03 AM)Winter Wrote: I don't think "waiting" is a strategy unless you know who you're waiting for and whether it's realistic. We could have more assets only to be faced with a limited number of two-way players (see above problem).

There are players like Gafford and maybe Portis that I would argue are available now and would be significant players on this roster. Maybe we can't afford them, but I think it's mostly that we haven't been very creative. Perhaps this Front Office is different. I doubt they're thinking let's do nothing and hold onto our assets just in case there's some top tier two-way players hitting the market. If I were Luca, that would be the last thing I wanted to hear. I hope that's not the how this FO works.

There are 30 teams competing for the best players. You're going to have to work to upgrade your roster, and you're going to have to look for every opportunity to do that.

(02-04-2024, 11:03 AM)Winter Wrote: I don't think "waiting" is a strategy unless you know who you're waiting for and whether it's realistic. We could have more assets only to be faced with a limited number of two-way players (see above problem).

There are players like Gafford and maybe Portis that I would argue are available now and would be significant players on this roster. Maybe we can't afford them, but I think it's mostly that we haven't been very creative. Perhaps this Front Office is different. I doubt they're thinking let's do nothing and hold onto our assets just in case there's some top tier two-way players hitting the market. If I were Luca, that would be the last thing I wanted to hear. I hope that's not the how this FO works.

There are 30 teams competing for the best players. You're going to have to work to upgrade your roster, and you're going to have to look for every opportunity to do that.

(02-04-2024, 11:40 AM)Smitty Wrote: This trade allows for a path to resign Bridges.

Mavs - Bridges, Hayward, 2 SRP’s
CHA - THJ, Gwill, Maxi, ‘27 FRP


The Hornets are taking on a lot of salary and PHX can offer a decent package for Bridges so you have to pay to play. Giving up the FRP is painful but a Nico special this offseason was getting back second rounders in the process.

The move to clear space to resign Bridges is trading Holmes (expiring) at the draft/start of new year. That’s where the second round pick(s) come into play.


Luka - Exum - Curry
Irving - Hardy
Hayward - Green
Bridges - DJJ - Omax - Morris
Lively - Powell - Holmes