2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

Question: since the Mavs are throwing this season and don’t want to try to win a championship this year, should we tank the rest of the season to get the best draft pick possible?

Thumbs up for the humor, not for the actual idea of tanking.

I too don’t want to tank, but if the Mavs don’t intend to contend this year, wouldn’t that objectively be the best move for next season and beyond? Like if we don’t want to go all in this season, we should go all in for the next one, which includes tanking this year right?

That way we have as good of a pick as possible to either trade or draft with

A good hypothetical to consider, but no. I do agree the Mavs have chosen not to contend by failing to finish the roster by not replacing Justin and possibly also by not acquiring another big, depending on how WCS turns out, but I will also wait and see what they do with the buyout market. We aren't going to be the first choice of any player in the buyout market since we're so low on the contention pole and can't offer more than vet minimum, but hopefully we can land a wing who is more effective (especially on defense) than Justin has been the past two months. I can't take this team seriously as a team that is going to try to do the best they can the rest of the year and in the playoffs if we keep giving real minutes to Justin.