2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[ItsGoTime]

Yes because you can find a rotation player of Delon's ilk (or even better) at #31 on a bargain contract for many years of control. Delon is an average bench player making $9M/yr for 2 more seasons so even if you draft a bust at #31, you free yourself of $9M this summer and next for a better replacement via FA. 

Not really understanding the Delon love affair. Overall, his impact has been highly negative. His on/off court rating is at -5.8! Limited jump shooter, not a floor general, and now an iffy attitude due to his role.

Losing Delon would be addition by subtraction at this point. But he was our prize free agent so lets hype him up!!

You can get Jokic in the second round too, so let's trade the pick for him?

DW is an average bench player in your opinion. That opinion is (not sure if blindly) biased by his taking at least a portion of JB's perceived minutes on the court. At least that is what I've perceived when reading many of your takes.

I've said I think one of DW or JB needs to be outgoing for both of them to shine wherever they land (one of them with the Mavs, the other on a new team). Now, we can't extract all that value out of one of them because the team getting them has to perceive that as being the case, then be willing to pay for it. However, I think both their value is about at the same place. Wright, because he is currently the better player on a decent contract that decreases over time. Brunson because it's only his second year, albeit being an older entry that the writing on the wall comes a lot sooner than a typical rookie contract guy.

Since the article and recent tweet, I've been more focused on getting DW to the other team that would have need for his talent (and his talent isn't inconsiderable). I think JB would fit this team better once DW is gone (at least I really, really hope so). I don't however think that either of them should be traded at all costs, cause that isn't good asset management at all, and I believe both players to be assets to build a better team. Has little to do with loving one or the other, it has to do with the correct assessment based on the body of work.