2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[omahen]

Great work man, I'll give my opinion:

Thanks. Let me add some more thoughts.

1. Gordon has a lot of potential but he is still very raw. His shot is bad and will most likely stay that way, so the only way for him to justify his salary is to be a beast on defense and a rim runner on offense. I agree the package is weak, but I would be reluctant to add another first rounder. How about a package for Isaac, assuming he is healthy?: Brunson, 2020 1st, 2025 1st. I think he is much better player than Gordon.

2. I think Horford is excellent fit next to KP. He didn't work with Embiid because their game is similar. However, he and KP complement each other. Plus he would really lift our defense. His contract is awful, but my real target in this deal is Richardson, who is an excellent perimeter defender. Enter Richardson and Horford in our line-up and all of a sudden Luka would be the only guy with weak defense. Even inserting Curry instead of DFS would work. I don't think we can get just Richardson because THJ has higher salary and none of the other players makes Philly better. Out of all trades proposed, I actually like this one the most

3. Yeah

4. He is ok, sort of like DFS. He would improve our wing rotation and is still young. Rookie might develop with time but Osman can contribute immediately. 

5.  Young value is higher than Wright as he is better player imho. No way Chicago does straight up trade. As long as we have Brunson, Wright is just redundant for Mavs (you basically don't lose anything trading him). Or the other way around.

6. Harris actually replaces DFS in the lineup as he would be the one guarding best opposing player on positions 1-2 and smaller 3. We would have to get a decent PF with our MLE or with rookie pick. Saric perhaps?

7. It all depends if he would really want to leave the Clippers. He is unrestricted so he controls the game. This way they at least get something.

8. Similar to Harris. Bledsoe is a much better defender than THJ (not saying THJ played bad defense), especially on ball. Perhaps we could get something more out of this kind of deal. I really like DJ Wilson.

9. Paying just #18 pick for him is a steal. He is already a solid rotation player and has room to grow. Plays defense. I think he is better than DFS, but can't cover strong SF or PF. 

Your ideas:
a) Already made a comment. He doesn't need to get more minutes. 
b) Good idea. However, Wright and JJ are more or less useless for Denver. They already have PG position covered with Murray and Morris, JJ trade value is unfortunately negative. I don't think Grant market value is more than some 12 per, so JJ and #18 might be enough salary wise for SnT to be done. Although I like the Harris idea, they would first explore options to "upgrade" him - Beal, Jrue and similar targets. These options realistically go away for them once they trade his salary. With Kleber as I proposed, they would at least get a Millsap or Grant replacement as they will have problems keeping both.