DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[Scott41theMavs]

The Mavericks have made the No. 18 overall pick in this year’s draft available as they search for immediate help, according to Jeremy Woo of SI.com.


This isn’t the first time we’ve heard that the Mavericks will likely be active in trade talks this offseason. A previous report suggested that Dallas would like to upgrade its roster prior to the 2020/21 season rather than waiting until 2021 to make a splash, once the team can open up some cap space.

The Mavericks don’t have a ton of expendable assets that would interest potential trade partners, having surrendered a pair of future first-round picks when they acquired Kristaps Porzingis in 2019. But the team does have the 18th and 31st picks in the 2020 draft, which will be of interest to teams looking to add young talent.

The elder Nellie: "If my lips are moving, I'm lying." Or something very similar.

What I would dispute in your list is the third option. We aren't getting a star out of the 18th and 31st picks in trade. At best we get a rental or serviceable starter. The Mavs aren't in a position to do that, given their talent famine outside of Luka and KP. The only real "star" they could *possibly* get is Dipo, and he has about as much chance of returning to star-level play as a late lottery pick in this draft has of becoming a star. They need to pick there where they are - or trade up - and nail the picks. Scouting, scouting, scouting, scouting, scouting.

Given the elder Nelson's talent for picking diamonds in the rough late in the draft, I would hope they would clandestinely be paying him to look at draft prospects for them.

Edit: somehow quoted the wrong post, but you know what I meant.