09-13-2020, 12:25 PM
In a sane world Mavs have all the ammunition to shore up this roster without an additional star. #18, #31 could be used for 2 wings, at least one of them likely to contribute within a year or two. Wright would be traded for *something* more useful. MLE could be used for 1 or 2 good players with starting potential including an attempt to keep Burke.
The beauty of #18 and #31 is if you pick right you get good, cheap rotational players for years to come. You could probably do that and still do Plan Powder, Nuclear Winter all at once if you can unload Wright's contract without using up one of those picks. A first round pick will not eat into the cap much, certainly it will eat up much less in 2021 than Wright. Wright is almost 9 mil in 2021, and our pick would be around 3 mil against the cap.
At any rate I don't think the Mavs will go that route and instead find a way to not draft a player with #18.
The beauty of #18 and #31 is if you pick right you get good, cheap rotational players for years to come. You could probably do that and still do Plan Powder, Nuclear Winter all at once if you can unload Wright's contract without using up one of those picks. A first round pick will not eat into the cap much, certainly it will eat up much less in 2021 than Wright. Wright is almost 9 mil in 2021, and our pick would be around 3 mil against the cap.
At any rate I don't think the Mavs will go that route and instead find a way to not draft a player with #18.