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Agree with that. My depth chart for next season is

G: Kyrie | x | x
G: Christie | Klay | AJJ
W: Middleton | Naji | Martin
W: Flagg | PJW | x
C: Lively | Gafford | x

If the Mavs land one of the top-4, I think the rookie starts and Middleton (if Dybantsa, Wilson, or Boozer),  or Christie (if Peterson) moves to the bench.

If the Mavs pick 6-10 you're likely looking a a guard and I'd probably bring him off the bench. Castle played 27 mpg and won rookie of the year.

I honestly don't see much in free agency beyond Middleton that interests me unless trades are made or Mavs get lucky in the lottery. If you trade Gaff for a '27 FRP, you sign Bagley. If you draft Caleb Wilson, you look for guard help. The good news is this team has a lot of options at this point.

I don't agree with all of it.  At this time I would go with:

G: Kyrie | x | x
G: Christie | X | X
W: X | Naji | X
W: Flagg | ?PJW? | x
C: Lively | Gafford | x

Yeah, that's a lot of Xs.  Those positions to be filled with picks, trades, and people already on the team if we can't find somebody better.  

We need a point guard.  Kyrie is a great 2 way player, but he's not really a solid, long term point guard.  Nembhard IS a point guard but he's small, and raw (raw for NBA).  I lean toward keeping him as the third PG if we don't get anybody better.

Christie is a pretty good shooting guard, and he will get better.  At this point he is the starter, but there are 2 Xs nipping at his heels.  Klay is a better man and player than I thought.  Maybe I just didn't like him because he played for the Golden State Warriors.  I would like to see him playing where he wants to be.  If it is for the Mavs...so be it.  But he is older and not on a good time line with Flagg.  Is AJJ the best we can do?  Nothing against him, but let's look around.

We need to be looking for a good starting small Wing...once again through picks, trades, or keep Middleton.  I have the same problems with Middleton that I do with Klay.  Naji is a ghostly ballerina in the paint.  I like him off the bench.  BUT he needs a lot of work from 3PT line.

Big wing--and all these small and big designations are relative.  I think we can keep Flagg as the starting big wing!  PJW does not play well with Flagg.  I like him a lot, but they need to get them working together, separately, or never at all.  Maybe Bagley...

Lively is a great starting center, but he hasn't proven that he can stay on the floor.  I hope that he can this next season.  Gafford is durable and plays very good off the bench or starting.  Ah...I have an X there--big decision.