Yesterday, 03:31 PM
(Yesterday, 12:25 PM)Winter Wrote: You bring up something that I'm curious about. What do the Mavs want to do this TDL now? Would they rather have the new GM work some of this in the summer? Are there pressing contract issues that would be smarter dealt with now?
When AD was the main trade bait, it seems moving players had a certain sequence to it. It doesn't feel that way anymore.
To me it seems like the tax may be the most important issue facing the Mavs rather than the acquisition of specific players.
I'm not convinced the "tax" itself is an issue at all. They do need to generally lower payroll somewhat, but from what I can tell that's more of a need to stay under A2 (which has wider consequences) and gain some roster-building flexibility, and not so much about having to pay tax. Eventually they would be smart to work with a somewhat more efficient payroll, of course.
But imo the goal should be maintaining or increasing the talent they have and getting rid of the unproductive players on bad contracts (Hardy, Martin, DAR), not the good ones. Talent is hard to obtain. If you have it, don't let go of it for air (aka cap room) but instead swap it for other talent, if you need a change.