2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

- I'm with you in regards to the need of getting guys who are better than nr 5. Unfortunately I don't see us getting higher talented guys than Kennard with the limited assets we currently have.  

 

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Ah and regards guys like Crowder/Saric: none of those guys will put us over the top but I'd attempt to maximize the MLE. Imo Saric would be quite the haul here if he's even attainable for that little.

If he's not part of the long-term future then the least we could do is use the MLE to create another asset. As of now I think all of Seth, Maxi and Delon are on decent to good-deals. That would be the goal for me here as well.

The Sir Charles article has generated some interesting conversation.  I agree that building a war chest of reasonably priced and reasonably aged assets is a good strategy.  You never know when someone might demand a trade.  

I'm in favor of the proposed deal for Kennard.  IMO he has more upside and is a better fit than Brunson.  In fact, I think he would probably start here.  I think Brunson is good value for him from Detroit's standpoint.  What I've said though is I'm not sure you've found that 3rd/4th starter in Kennard...certainly a 5th starter though.  That puts a little more pressure on the next acquisition.

I like Saric better than Crowder from the standpoint of being an asset.  He's younger and still has some upside.  Remember how we said "if only Hardaway could return to what he was the season before he got that NY contract".  Guess what...that happened and then some.  Well, if 26 year old Saric could just return to what he was as a 23 year old (second year) with a PER of 15.8 and WS/48 of .137 shooting .393 from distance with an on-minus-off of +3.3, then I'd feel pretty good.  It is hard to know.  Philly gave up on him and he's been with two bad franchises since.  

Both moves would eat into 2021 cap room.  I'm OK with that as I think the next star who comes here will come by trade instead of cap room.  So, youngish guys like Saric and Kennard are the kinds of guys who can be sold by the franchise that is losing their star player via trade demand or free agency.