12-08-2019, 08:04 PM
(12-07-2019, 01:41 PM)Jommybone Wrote:(12-07-2019, 02:17 AM)cjeter24 Wrote: I like how our roster meshes pretty well together right now.
I think there are a few obvious holes/areas we could improve. Ideally they fix those holes and keep the nice mesh together.
DFS Upgrade. He's been playing his role but he just doesn't cut it. He's not elite enough has a defender and does nothing of note on offense other than hustle. That's your starting forward spot to negate the big forward scorers.
Someone to cut to/attack the basket. Mavs still have too big of a reliance on shooting for my liking.
The way I see it is that the trade pieces you have are Lee (salary matching only), Brunson, Warriors pick (lol who knew?).
Jackson has some value too but it's a narrow window to keep from disrupting the bench by trading pieces for improvement and then actually making the team worse. Are there other tradable pieces? I think so. And they could be dealt in the right deals but I think they will be incredibly deal specific.
ROCO remains at the top of the wish list. He fixes the DFS upgrade on both ends of the floor and provides that third consistent scoring option, although perhaps at a lower level then you would like. That works on this team tho with the 10 guys we have averaging 8 mpg or more. (rounded up)
The other name I'm very interested in to see what happens with is Blake Griffin. He continues to be a terrible fit with Drummond, the pistons are bad again and appear worse than the last few years. Contract isn't great either. If you like the dynamic Powell brings, he theoretically could be a nice upgrade over him. I still think his price will be fairly modest when they finally decide to trade him. Whether that remains plausible for the Mavs to get in on... We shall see if it happens. ROCO is more realistic and more helpful IMO.
Like the targets. Hate the dumps. DFS is exactly what we need more of. Don’t swap him out for a guy that will mostly play 4 for Carlisle. He’s defending 1s and 2s for us much of the time.
And the failure to appreciate Jalen on this board astounds me. Do. Not. Trade. For Beal? Sure. For Griffin? No way.
Its not that I hate Jalen. It's that I prefer what Wright brings more. They are both fairly young.Brunson has some solid value. We don't have a lot of tradeable pieces that have value. I don't think Brunson is a major factor on this teams success. I think JJ can fill his reserve role well enough to get an upgrade elsewhere.
DFS is solid at what he does but is not elite. Yeah we need what he brings, but if you have someone upgrading those skills, hes completely expendable.
If I can get a major upgrade at the forward spot for Brunson, DFS, and even the Warriors pick, I'm doing it. And I'm not really all that worried about the loss of those guys for the major upgrade piece.
It remains to be seen fi you can even get a player like ROCO for any type of package around those items. Probably not. But that's still the type of deal I'm looking for.