2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[BigDirk41]

Porter is an overpaid wing we could target

Do we really think he is better then THJ? This year he has been just awful.

Dunn

Definitely an option if we trade Brunson in some other trade

Brunson has killed his value

Why would you think that? He remains very cheap and decent back up PG. I doubt anyone would see him as a starter PG.

I still think he has value, but we would be selling low. I meant that his value is much lower than it was last year or this summer. He looks like a completely different player this year for whatever reason. I prefer not to sell low on players. Maybe he'll get it going and get his value back to where it was.

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Porter would be interesting. What would the trade be for him?

The biggest negative to think of is they just traded for him last season. Do they give up on him this quickly? I'm inclined to say no, they don't need to shed his salary. In that sense, you'd have to come with a trade that makes them forget the trade to get him. Something more than Portis, Parker and a protected (I think 56-60 protection) second rounder.


Best I can figure would be something like (and this is only if LaVine puts them in a KP type situation IMO):

It's two trades, first:

Dallas trades TE and future 2nd for Felicio

Second:

Dallas trades THJ, Lee, Brunson, JJ, Wright, 2025 1st, and both 2020 seconds

for

Chicago trades OPJ, LaVine, Dunn, and Valentine

Weakening our bench to strengthen our starters. Saves Chi a lot of money (if that is important to them), gives them lots of money for the 2021 FA bonanza.

Our lineup:

Luka/JJB/Dunn
Zach/Curry/Valentine
OPJ/DFS/Broekhoff
KP/Maxi/Roby
Powell/Felicio/Boban

We go into the offseason targetting Favors and I'm liking that group as long as LaVine can be that #2 playmaker/#2 or 3 scorer and plays more defense than he currently does.

I'm not sure Lavine can play winning basketball, but I definitely would do that trade to find out. Chicago would only do it to do a complete reset so I have my doubts. We would be absolutely loaded on paper. Lavine is a freak athlete and has a lot of skill, but he also called out his coach recently. Maybe that's a isolated situation though. That's definitely a interesting trade. 

One thing on the TE trade, I don't believe we can include a pick with it but maybe I'm wrong.