02-08-2026, 07:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2026, 07:08 PM by myconsumerclub.)
I like were we are right now for getting things done but if we can make a trade to move up and get a top 3 guy I don't mind.
Trade List of Useful Assets: Gafford, PJ, Naji, Klay, & Max all are very usable to facilitate an upgrade if you ask me. AJ and Martin are also useful but not as much
If we cannot get our guy at #7 I am also okay with exploring the possibility of maybe trading down to add on more chances at finding guys that work.
OKC have 13, 17, 32
Charlotte have 12, 19, 46
San Antonio have 14, 36, 42, 45
Chicago have 10, 33, 56
Goal of the draft for me:
1. Find a future PG to hand off the team to when Kyrie is done
2. Add stronger 3 point shooting
3. find a potential Lively replacement in case he is the reincarnation of street clothes.
If we can accomplish that with 3 picks good we can keep what we have, but if we want to draft multiple guys to lower our risk of drafting a dud then maybe we need to consider getting more picks.
We can use anyone on the trade list to acquire those picks as far as I am concerned.
So far the team is 10 signed players and whoever we draft with our 3 picks and anyone that gets offered to keep or get a 2 way deal and also any free agents we sign or resign and anyone else we wheel and deal for when moving around the assets the Mavs have to use.
ROSTER:
Cooper
Kyrie
PJ
Naji
Lively
Gafford
Max
Klay
AJ
Martin
rookie #1
rookie #2
rookie #3
Guys on 2 ways: None of these guys are worth signing till we see them develop more. They are locked in so there is no reason to sign them yet. We may give their 2 way spots to better options when guys we want go undrafted.
Ryan
Kelly
Cisse
FREE AGENTS:
Bagley
Middleton
Tyus
B Will
Powell
J Robinson Earl
Handling business with free agents is important hope that nobody else is targeting our guys that we want to keep. Its too early to say what we will do with free agents and 2 ways. Out of the free agent group I think Bagley and B Will are the only ones I really want to keep and that assumes Tyus is not beating out B will to make my list of PG's who are worth keeping.
I see Bagley as being a keeper already after one game. Tyus is likely gone because he knows he is not going to get offered much to be a 3rd string guy here when we have Ryan and B will behind Kyrie and our goal is to draft a PG to groom as replacement for Ky. If he gets an offer he will sign and force us to make a move. Everyone else can sign elsewhere as far as I am concerned.
Assuming we keep Bagley and B Will that means we have 4 centers ( Bagley Gafford Lively & Cisse on a 2way) Bagley can also play PF and we have 3 PG's with one being on a 2 way.
Starting line up could be: Cooper pf, Irving pg, Lively c, Rookie #1pg/sg, Naji at sf.
that uses the first of our picks to create that lineup.
Backups are:
Gafford
Bagley
PJ
Klay
Max
Bwill
AJ
Martin
Rookie #2
Rookie #3
You will need to trade off guys to make room for any extra picks that we decide to acquire in this years draft. If you want to do so to improve a pick from say 51 you can do so as well.
Again guys we can trade include: PJ, Naji, Lively, Gafford, Max, Klay, AJ, and Martin. I understand if we sign Bagley and B Will to contracts there is an amount of time that we cannot include them in any trades so if we traded 2 of our vets they will bump the roster back up to 10 guys with assorted rookies and 2 ways to reach 18 total players.
We also have 3 trade exceptions to use or not: $20.8 Million, $15 Million and one for $6 Million.
A lot to consider and use in our amateur efforts to speculate how we would do things as we live vicariously through the life of whoever becomes the Mavs GM.
Which of us will figure out the moves the Mavs make before hand?
Trade List of Useful Assets: Gafford, PJ, Naji, Klay, & Max all are very usable to facilitate an upgrade if you ask me. AJ and Martin are also useful but not as much
If we cannot get our guy at #7 I am also okay with exploring the possibility of maybe trading down to add on more chances at finding guys that work.
OKC have 13, 17, 32
Charlotte have 12, 19, 46
San Antonio have 14, 36, 42, 45
Chicago have 10, 33, 56
Goal of the draft for me:
1. Find a future PG to hand off the team to when Kyrie is done
2. Add stronger 3 point shooting
3. find a potential Lively replacement in case he is the reincarnation of street clothes.
If we can accomplish that with 3 picks good we can keep what we have, but if we want to draft multiple guys to lower our risk of drafting a dud then maybe we need to consider getting more picks.
We can use anyone on the trade list to acquire those picks as far as I am concerned.
So far the team is 10 signed players and whoever we draft with our 3 picks and anyone that gets offered to keep or get a 2 way deal and also any free agents we sign or resign and anyone else we wheel and deal for when moving around the assets the Mavs have to use.
ROSTER:
Cooper
Kyrie
PJ
Naji
Lively
Gafford
Max
Klay
AJ
Martin
rookie #1
rookie #2
rookie #3
Guys on 2 ways: None of these guys are worth signing till we see them develop more. They are locked in so there is no reason to sign them yet. We may give their 2 way spots to better options when guys we want go undrafted.
Ryan
Kelly
Cisse
FREE AGENTS:
Bagley
Middleton
Tyus
B Will
Powell
J Robinson Earl
Handling business with free agents is important hope that nobody else is targeting our guys that we want to keep. Its too early to say what we will do with free agents and 2 ways. Out of the free agent group I think Bagley and B Will are the only ones I really want to keep and that assumes Tyus is not beating out B will to make my list of PG's who are worth keeping.
I see Bagley as being a keeper already after one game. Tyus is likely gone because he knows he is not going to get offered much to be a 3rd string guy here when we have Ryan and B will behind Kyrie and our goal is to draft a PG to groom as replacement for Ky. If he gets an offer he will sign and force us to make a move. Everyone else can sign elsewhere as far as I am concerned.
Assuming we keep Bagley and B Will that means we have 4 centers ( Bagley Gafford Lively & Cisse on a 2way) Bagley can also play PF and we have 3 PG's with one being on a 2 way.
Starting line up could be: Cooper pf, Irving pg, Lively c, Rookie #1pg/sg, Naji at sf.
that uses the first of our picks to create that lineup.
Backups are:
Gafford
Bagley
PJ
Klay
Max
Bwill
AJ
Martin
Rookie #2
Rookie #3
You will need to trade off guys to make room for any extra picks that we decide to acquire in this years draft. If you want to do so to improve a pick from say 51 you can do so as well.
Again guys we can trade include: PJ, Naji, Lively, Gafford, Max, Klay, AJ, and Martin. I understand if we sign Bagley and B Will to contracts there is an amount of time that we cannot include them in any trades so if we traded 2 of our vets they will bump the roster back up to 10 guys with assorted rookies and 2 ways to reach 18 total players.
We also have 3 trade exceptions to use or not: $20.8 Million, $15 Million and one for $6 Million.
A lot to consider and use in our amateur efforts to speculate how we would do things as we live vicariously through the life of whoever becomes the Mavs GM.
Which of us will figure out the moves the Mavs make before hand?
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