2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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Mavs fans:  We love Steven Adams.  He's underrated and would fit perfect on this team.

also Mavs fans:  We'll give you a bunch of garbage and we want a 1st round pick back to absorb Adams contract.

Also Mav's fans:  We have a roster full of no better than 7th man types on a championship team

Also Mav's fans:  3 of those 7th man types, a second rounder and a first rounder six drafts from now will surely get us a third star

The alternative to this kind of thinking is, "Welp, better enjoy Luka now, because the MBT has put us in a situation in which the roster cannot be improved in the next two or three years, so he'll walk when they can't get him any more help." I choose not to wallow in that pit of despair. In all seriousness, I don't know that they can get a third star (e.g. Beal) but they should be able to use their assets to get a real starter or two. If you don't think that's realistic, remember Howard-for-Butler/Hayward/DSteve. There are always suckers out there waiting to be fleeced if the Mavs can find them.

He is just suggesting that, in order to do successful trades, you have to be realistic about the value of your assets. Are you suggesting that the alternative to wallowing in a pit of despair is to pursue unrealistic trades on the theory that there's a sucker out there somewhere?

We are fans. We are free to consider whatever strategies we want, since nothing we configure will make a particle of difference in the real world. So in that sense, sure. The Mavs, however, have to know that they can't wave a magic wand and summon Kawhi for a fistful of low picks and a couple of guys who never play. 

I don't know why you have a problem with another MFFL wanting to apply consistent logic to trades he dreams up. Or, why he would have a problem if you take a different tack. 

Maybe what you really meant was that you feel he might be undervaluing the Mavs' assets. That is a legitimate subject for discussion.