2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

To me Curry, Wright, DFS and Kleber are all keepers.

Our trade assets are: Lee/TPE/THJ/Brunson/Jackson/Powell/2nd rounders.

If only we could turn all of this into 2 or 3 starters.

Some names that might be available:

Luka's Backourt partner = Bogdanovic (SAC), Holiday (NOP), Lavine (CHI), Satoransky (CHI), Joseph (SAC), Harris (DEN), Beasley (DEN).
Wing defender = Covington (MIN), Iguodala (MEM), Gordon (ORL), Porter (CHI).
KP Duo = Ibaka, (TOR), Favors (NOP), Adams (OKC), Gallinari (OKC), Turner (IND), Drummond (DET), Morris (NYK), Thompson (CLE), Love (CLE).

This deserves a Keanu Reeves whoa... your take here is about identical to mine.

I think the Mavs have the ammo to get one and perhaps two of their starters from their current assets. The other can either be a current Mav (Curry? Wright?) or, presuming we're eligible for it, the full MLE. I think the full MLE should be able to get us a player who is an upgrade on either THJ, Powell, or DFS. Thing is, if we made trades for both of the other two starters, we're probably into the luxury tax. This is probably not something that can be worked out in a single year.

The one thing I might part ways with you on is Brunson. I have a personal beef with Brunson right now because 1) with the exception of Wright, I don't trust players who can't adjust their games to share the floor with a generational player, and 2) for a two-time NCAA champion PG BB genius, he sure does a lot of stupid and selfish crap in the clutch. However, he is currently fifth in the league among point guards in RPM, a PER over 17, and has finally hoisted his 3p% over 35%. Combine that with his youth, and he may in fact be quite a bit more of a coveted asset than we as Mavs fans presume - and might be a keeper for a championship-aspiring team. That's the rub - he probably increases what we can get in trade quite a bit. I'd say right now I would only include him as the lynchpin of a trade for a top-75 - perhaps even top-50 - player. One thing that really intrigues me is the idea of Brunson and salary ballast for Jrue. It would arguably be short-sighted of the Pels to turn that down. Make Wright your fulltime backup point and roll.

The other thing I would disagree with you on is no Drummond and no Love in my list - absolutely not.