2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

I'm not thinking Pop would do it, but trading for DeRozan might be possible.

Still prefer staying put this season.

He would not be a good fit imho

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I would prefer Blake Griffin over CP3 for fit reasons, and I actually think we might be able to pull off that trade...

I agree Griffin would be a good fit. But imho that article is a pipedream 

As I read the Griffin trade article my first thought was "yeah, the only real benefit of including Hardaway in a deal is to bring back an even larger deal".  So, on that count the deal makes sense.  I think Detroit is more likely to make a Griffin trade next season setting themselves up for massive cap room in 21, but who knows.  It is Detroit.

But, the larger point I wanted to make is that we may be looking at the wrong end of the court on some of these trade targets.  Does the number 1 offense in the league (O-Rating) really need another 20 point per game scorer?  Seems to me the trick is to bring up the #17 Defensive rank while not losing the offensive contributions of the player(s) being replaced (how good would Danny Green look right about now).  I'm not sure Griffin has the defensive chops he once had and I suspect he would be disruptive to the flow of our Offense.

I also wonder if it is too soon to bring in another "star".  Marc Stein makes the point in the podcast below (the first 30 minutes are all about Luka and the Mav's) that it will take some time for Luka and KP to figure things out and Dallas is likely to give them the time/space to do so before making a big trade.  Yeah, maybe they do something minor with Lee or their $11.8 TPE (Expires 2/7) if they are still top 4/5 in the west by the deadline.  I personally think the best time to make a deal is going to be this summer after the draft.  Maybe a June deal or maybe something like what we did with Wright (or Indy did with Brogdon) where we deal for a RFA even if we don't quite have the cap room to get there.  We can use the just made draft pick as part of the deal.  Our cap room projects to be less than the MLE right now, but if they S/W THJ, they are suddenly in the $20 million range depending on the cap.  They don't have to use the S/W if they trade for the player.  It is the threat of the S/W that might help make the deal possible.

Well worth the listen:    [/url][url=https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/2019/11/20/20973697/a-full-fledged-luka-gasm-with-marc-stein-chadwick-boseman-black-panther-sports-movie-hall-of-fame]https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/2019/11/20/20973697/a-full-fledged-luka-gasm-with-marc-stein-chadwick-boseman-black-panther-sports-movie-hall-of-fame