(02-01-2023, 04:41 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: The whole point is that Collins is overpaid. We could use a guy like him as our #4 guy, say, in the event that the Mavs don't want to keep Wood. Collins is a hot potato. If you can use Atlanta's interest in getting rid of him, and his low value, as leverage to dump Bertans and/or THJ (BTW, those two together don't work for Collins, but THJ and Frank, or Bertans and McGee - yes, please - do work), then that's a golden opportunity. I certainly wouldn't tip them with a first in either of those deals, but a second or two might be okay -
So
Hardaway, McGee, 2nd
for
Collins and AHoliday (to keep ATL under tax line)
?
(02-01-2023, 04:51 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Anyone eating up that much cap space needs to be much more than a supplementary player.
Porzingis wasn't a bust here because he was a bad basketball player, he was a bust here because we paid him to be a GREAT basketball player and the second most important piece of the franchise and he couldn't be. I have a ton of doubt that Ayton has what it takes to be the second most important piece of any franchise and that's how he's getting paid.
Wood and Bertans
for
Ayton
?
Does that change your interest level?