2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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What are your thoughts

I think both options are viable. Due to Doncic size we can afford to go to a three guard rotation and then go a bit smaller (DFS) or bigger (Kleber) at PF, depending on the opposing team. DFS has an important role as he guards best opposing player on 1-3. So the new guard would have to take his role. I would prefer a taller guy. This team in my opinion needs good defenders and respected veterans in more than just end of the bench role. The alternative is to keep Luka, THJ and DFS and upgrade PF. However, it is much easier to get decent PF at MLE level than decent 3-D wing. 

Barton is not a good defender, I wouldn't go after him.
Murray is terrible offensively and way overpaid for what he gives. I am not willing to part with any of our key rotation guys (Kleber, Curry, THJ) for him. I doubt Wright + picks would be enough. Same thing with Rubio. We don't need another PG, we need wings. Schroeder had a very good season but I am not prepared to pay high on him. 
LeVert is a very good player, but I doubt we have anything of interest for win now Nets. I guess they will try to package a couple of their rotation players (LeVert, Prince, Dinwiddie) and guys on rookie contracts (Allen, Kurucs, Musa) for a third star.
Similar thing is with Harris, who had a bad season but is still young enough to turn it around. Good defender. I have a bit more hope, as Denver has a somewhat thin rotation after TDL trades and a couple of players (Milsap, possibly Grant, Plumlee) who could become to expensive on FA market. So they could be interested on a couple of good rotation players.
Bledsoe is an excellent defender. Straight up trade with THJ would probably not be enough to persuade me, but I would consider if additional awards would be given from Milwaukee. 
Richardson is the man. Excellent player and Philly might be looking to shop him unless they are prepared to pay huge tax bill after 2021 once his new salary up to 20 per kicks in. However, they will want to remain competitive. This means - if they are trading, they want good players in return, just picks and salary dumps will not cut it. They didn't (yet) get an answer, if Embiid/Simmons duo is sustainable, so I think they will continue at least another half a season with it. Philly desperately needs shooters so I doubt any discussion could happen without mentioning Curry or THJ. The contract Philly needs to get out of is Horford. Richardson is their best bet to add in a trade package if they want to get something good back. Portland (CJ McCollum), Washington (Beal) or OKC (CP3) might be interesting options. Dallas with a combo of THJ and Wright also should be interesting for them. 

Possible PF options for above MLE would be Collins, Turner, Gordon (or Isaac). However, I would be reluctant to include THJ in any of this deals as it would open equally or bigger sized whole in our rotation than we had it before. Brunson+2020 1st + 2025 1st for Isaac might be interesting enough for Orlando, although I expect they will shop Gordon. I don't see any possibility for Turner. Indiana already has a deep team of good players on all positions, especially wings. If anything, they need a star - a clear upgrade over their existing options. THJ is not that. Collins I would do, already wrote about that.

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Gordon is intrigueing but I am less optimistic about him compared to 1-2 years ago. He's been around for a while and even though Orlando is a mess I think he might be close to what he is as a player.

Totally agree. I mean, he is a good player, but not star. However, Orlando will be looking for kings ransom and he is not worth it imho. Same is with Turner.

OG Anunoby (RFA in 2021)

My bet is they will give him extension around 10 per. No way they let him walk without a kings ransom.

If we nail one or two of our selections this summer then we could be in a great place.

Problem is, if we don't. And there is a good chance we don't. Then we have nothing, because "unknown" #18 pick probably has higher value than proven average or even below average NBA sophomore.

That's why I prefer more proven options. Any pick will need a couple of seasons to establish himself. As it is, our cap situtation is great, we have a lot of reserves. And we have Powell and Wright salary in total of almost 20 million that are totally expendable. 

I like Delon more than most around here I guess

It is not that I have a problem with him per se. He is a decent back up PG. However, he was brought to be a starter and Brunson was planned as a backup, but it didn't work. So we are stuck with Brunson, Wright and Seth from bench, which really didn't work. Both Brunson and Wright deserve minutes, at least some 20 per game. But they are not good together, especially with pushing Curry to the wing. That's why I think one of them is redundant. I prefer to keep Brunson (lower salary, better floor general), but I would also be ok to go with Wright, if trading Brunson would help bringing a clear wing upgrade. 

trade for Richardson

In my fantasy world, trading for Richardson and Horford would allow us to keep all picks