2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[cjeter24]

Dan, I generally agree with your points about the bench, but we also have to acknowledge that the bench has likely been permanently broken by Powell's injury. WCS will start if Rick chooses to be intelligent about it, but he won't play as many minutes as Powell did and Maxi will have to play more. If Rick chooses not to be bright, then we either start small like in the last game or Maxi becomes a starter. Either hurts the bench.

Regarding the Curry-Wright-Brunson logjam (any problems with our bench have to do with three of the four main guys being relatively small guards), I have a feeling that the Mavs were slotting THJ as a bench player coming into the season. The bench makes a lot more on-paper sense - and signing Wright makes a lot more on-paper sense - if the starting lineup were Luka-Wright-DFS-KP-Powell and the bench were Brunson-Curry-THJ-Maxi. I think you can throw Jackson in there in the sense that the Mavs planned on him being a lot better than he has been this year (and he was in November, to be fair). THJ turned out to be our third-best player and a smashingly good starter next to Luka. That damages the bench. I think it's clear that, by next year, one of Wright or Brunson has to be gone for value. We'll have problems on many levels otherwise.

The Powell injury could have actually improved the bench in the long run if you think about it....
We all agree Powell was better suited on the bench right? If WCS gives you similar production and it's all on the bench unlike Powell, the bench is better than ever.

I'm curious if the Mavs may have found a bit of something against Portland. DFS primarily at the 4 with another shooter at guard. The offense was getting great shots alll night long even when Portland was cutting into the deficit, they had great looks.

Now what if we trade for a combo forward like ROCO or OPJ?
You have the same dynamics but you can either move the shooting guard back to the bench. You likely would be dealing Brunson or Wright anyways so it would be needed.

You have a true 5 out system with an improved defense in the starting 5 as well since Powell was fairly meh defensively and not a great shooter. and OPJ/ROCO are pretty good defenders and shooters.

The only thing you lose is rim rolling. It's a big loss but it can somewhat be mitigated by your rotations too.

Cjeter, you were missed. I'm damn glad you're here.

Thanks bud... I'll try to pop in more often.

I got a job promotion last summer and I've got way less time to kill these days at work and at home. That's life I suppose. 
I definitely need to make a habit out of checking the thread here... Saw some decent ideas floating around. I'm glad we are looking to make moves for a change this year. Great to be winning again!