2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

Scott gonna Scott

True. But do you believe that the Mavs can get by with the acquisition of just one spot big? Just an honest question I'd like answered.

I know I'm doing the Chicken Little bit to some extent, but this team is in a bad situation - we need two bigs, and all the other teams in the league know that they have us over a barrel and will milk us for what used to be throw-in players (e.g. Dieng and Dedmon). You are one of DP's biggest defenders here, so you ought to know what a bad situation we're in moving forward this year (and probably a good chunk of the next) without him. Before the DP injury, we needed another reliable scorer, another big, and another starting-caliber perimeter defender. We knew we weren't going to fill all of those holes with the assets that we had. Now we need an additional big and have precipitously less leverage with trade partners.

Part of what has me upset is that I like Curry and Wright and sort of like Brunson. RC has alienated Wright and doghoused Brunson. Moreover, it's going to be very tough to get the players we need in trade without including two of those three - which will create more holes. Mavs are in a quite bad situation in what looked at the beginning of December like a Luka-magical year.

Another long-term issue to consider - if we don't trade Powell, he's likely to come back far less useful given his reliance on his athleticism. So then you have a $10 mil a year contract for a guy who isn't playing much for years to come. I'm just wondering how in the world they're going to build an 8-man rotation with the situation they have.