07-24-2020, 07:11 AM
(07-24-2020, 06:12 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: Danny Green is certainly a good fit
Totally agree about Green. I think he is way overpaid for what he brings and Lakers are not interested in picks and limited role players like Wright. We need a third team to even consider making it happen. Signing him as a free agent was a good option, even at this salary, but paying our limited assets for him is not, imho.
I can't really see an option to sign Grant for MLE. His PO is at MLE level and I am quite sure Denver would at least match if not exceed MLE to keep him. Unless he is really unhappy in Denver, I don't really see this one at all.
We have been through the list of possible wings many times. Wings that are good on both ends of the floor are basically stars. I think Mavs need a very good on-ball defender for PG/SG types. We might get something for MLE here - Dunn, Jones Jr. come to mind first. Avery Bradley might be an interesting option. I haven't really seen Justin Holiday a lot but his stats are very nice. Trading for Richardson could happen. Another guy who I think would look very good on Mavs is Bledsoe - he could be what we wanted Wright to be. But Milwaukee is trading him only for a (better) PG and I just can't see a three team deal that would bring him to us. I wonder what Derrick White market would be - I don't think Murray/White pairing is a good long term option for San Antonio.
Oubre is a theoretic availability, but he is not really a lock down defender. Our offense would benefit and THJ-Curry-Oubre would be killing wing/shooting sidekicks to Doncic and KP. Oubre is somewhere in between the "small" and "big" wing defender we really need. Snell is a meh option in this category, would just fit our needs better than one of the too many PG we have.
Big wing is much more difficult. Very good players are also very expensive and probably beyond our reach. Gordon might be something we could trade for, although we are low on assets. We need the guy to be at least passable on offense (not like MKG). Two players used to be good not so long ago but had very bad seasons - J.Johnson and T.Young. I really liked Young in Indiana. Harkless comes to mind but it would be a mistake paying him full MLE long term - I think DFS is a better player. Or perhaps taking a flyer with Winslow. I guess best option would be to draft and develop our own guy here while covering the hole with MLE and cheap trade guys for a couple of years. Out of all the players I mentioned, I would pay #18 for Oubre, White, Richardson or Gordon only.