11-26-2019, 12:25 AM
In any trade, there are a couple of principles I wouldn't budge on unless for a bonafide young star - for which I would thank God. Since no one is looking to gift us a young star, this is how I would view it.
1) Has to be a 2-way player. The Mavs have too many one way guys. One thing that has made us better this year is that 2 additions have been good on both ends - KP and Delon. Adding a solid offensive player is always nice, but as someone said earlier (I think Dan), we need to find a way to pull up our defense without messing with our top rated offense. So BG is out. Defense wasn't his thing when he was an ELITE athlete.
2)Preserve capspace for '21. I know that the Mavs have been burnt in the past on plan powder, but we FINALLY have a scenario where we will win in FA. Small, mobile contracts, are fine. Having a big dollar guy that is a FA in 21? Great. Ammo for a s/t. Having a 40M 36yo on your roster that everyone KNOWS you have to move to do anything? uh-uh. CP3 AND BG are big time fails here.
In '21, the Mavs are going to be THE destination. Luka is going to be a entrenched superstar at 22 (!), and KP is going to be entering his prime at 26. Who doesn't want to join that? If I am Giannis, that is the place to be - with the perfect skillset combination with those 3. Or you have Beal. Or many others that are ALL better than BG/CP3. '21 is the last opportunity that the Mavs have to put in the final major piece to a long term championship run. Don't screw it up with short term band aids! Stop mortgaging the amazingly bright future for something that isn't even a sure thing!
Let this team grow and develop - especially getting KP comfortable and deadly! Improve on the edges in a trade - I like both OPJ and TT. OPJ has the ability to be an absolute stud on this team. TT is an expirer who would be a huge upgrade on both ends for Powell. Best case is obviously that THJ stays with his newly rediscovered efficiency and DFS keeps keeping teams honest and the Mavs can simply focus their attention at the 5. I think that a platoon of TT/Maxi (TT for the banger 5's and Maxi for the stretch 4's) would clean up our defense a lot.
Which brings me to 3) Powell's contract has to be a focus of removal. He is a great guy. If they find someone, anyone who seems to like him, he HAS to be gone. He is a roster spot that needs upgrading. If you bring in someone to upgrade him, he is making 11M as a 3rd string. He isn't good enough to even platoon with Maxi, and Maxi can't do it all without a platoon. Soooo.. Has to go. His contract isn't terrible in a vacuum, but for this team, the PLAYER doesn't fit.
1) Has to be a 2-way player. The Mavs have too many one way guys. One thing that has made us better this year is that 2 additions have been good on both ends - KP and Delon. Adding a solid offensive player is always nice, but as someone said earlier (I think Dan), we need to find a way to pull up our defense without messing with our top rated offense. So BG is out. Defense wasn't his thing when he was an ELITE athlete.
2)Preserve capspace for '21. I know that the Mavs have been burnt in the past on plan powder, but we FINALLY have a scenario where we will win in FA. Small, mobile contracts, are fine. Having a big dollar guy that is a FA in 21? Great. Ammo for a s/t. Having a 40M 36yo on your roster that everyone KNOWS you have to move to do anything? uh-uh. CP3 AND BG are big time fails here.
In '21, the Mavs are going to be THE destination. Luka is going to be a entrenched superstar at 22 (!), and KP is going to be entering his prime at 26. Who doesn't want to join that? If I am Giannis, that is the place to be - with the perfect skillset combination with those 3. Or you have Beal. Or many others that are ALL better than BG/CP3. '21 is the last opportunity that the Mavs have to put in the final major piece to a long term championship run. Don't screw it up with short term band aids! Stop mortgaging the amazingly bright future for something that isn't even a sure thing!
Let this team grow and develop - especially getting KP comfortable and deadly! Improve on the edges in a trade - I like both OPJ and TT. OPJ has the ability to be an absolute stud on this team. TT is an expirer who would be a huge upgrade on both ends for Powell. Best case is obviously that THJ stays with his newly rediscovered efficiency and DFS keeps keeping teams honest and the Mavs can simply focus their attention at the 5. I think that a platoon of TT/Maxi (TT for the banger 5's and Maxi for the stretch 4's) would clean up our defense a lot.
Which brings me to 3) Powell's contract has to be a focus of removal. He is a great guy. If they find someone, anyone who seems to like him, he HAS to be gone. He is a roster spot that needs upgrading. If you bring in someone to upgrade him, he is making 11M as a 3rd string. He isn't good enough to even platoon with Maxi, and Maxi can't do it all without a platoon. Soooo.. Has to go. His contract isn't terrible in a vacuum, but for this team, the PLAYER doesn't fit.