(07-24-2020, 12:21 PM)JamesConway Wrote: I'm in the camp of guys who prefer to build slowly, draft & develop well until the moment is there.
But if we want to go crazy how about this:
Is there a way to combine a CP3 trade and a Gallinari-SnT this summer?
Hardaway, Wright, Powell, Jackson + Boban put us at a bit north of $45M outgoing salary. CP3 makes $38M alone (lol). Throw in the #18 contract and maybe one of Kleber/Curry, does it get us there?
PG: CP3
SG: Doncic
SF: Finney-Smith
PF: Gallinari
C: Porzingis
would be an outstanding starting 5. One of Curry/Kleber might still be on the roster, potentially Brunson, you'd also have the full MLE.
I don't think you can go more all-in than that (if it's even possible financially). CP3 played like an All NBA-guy this season and once his monstrous salary comes off the books we could reload one more time before the Luka-extension kicks in iirc.
To me Doncic, Porzingis, Curry, Kleber, DFS and Brunson are the untouchable core. Franchise cornerstones and established young-ish roleplayers on long-term value contracts. As long as we have them healthy, we´ll be a 50 win franchise for the next 4-5 years. Would take a genuine (below 30) All-Star in return to throw them into a trade
I´d have no problem with giving up Powell, Wright, Boban and Jackson in almost any scenario. Maybe your proposed trade (+18th pick and THJ) would have been enough for the grumpy, washed-up, injury-prone, bad contract version of CP3, but not the re-juvenated OK3.
THJ has turned into the surprise headache. Luckily the Mavs have another season to see how real this all is. He´s currently shooting 5% above his 3pt career average. He´s still not contributing much in terms of assists or rebounds. So assuming he can maintain a +38% 3pt percentage next year, I´d happily give him a 44/4 extension.
(07-24-2020, 09:57 PM)Playmaker Wrote: Lavine is another young NBA veteran the Mavs should be looking to add in a trade. Something like THJ, Brunson, Jackson, 2020 first and second (18,31), 2025 first for Lavine and Felicio would probably work.
Lavine fits the timeline of Luka, KP and would be an upgrade over THJ. He would be the secondary initiator of the offense when Luka sits. Trade for Lavine now!! The Mavs could fill the team with role players and would be championship contenders for decade.
Lavine will make or a break a team/GM. In the spring of 2021 with 18 months left on his contract, some want to be contender will pull the trigger on a biggish offer.
He´s a 37,5% high volume career 3pt shooter on bad teams. That could mean he´s a losing player with bad shot selection that scores a lot of points in meaningless minutes (game is out of reach/opponent is taking them lightly). It could also mean he maintains a high shooting percentage despite being the #1 option and the only focus of the opposing defense.
At the same time his horrible defensive numbers could mean he just doesn´t care or he doesn´t understand defensive schemes. He could also be exhausted from the extra effort he has to put in on offense and de-motivated by the overall situation.
On a contender, he could easily peak at 50/40/90 with 22/5/5 and average defense for a season, while playing 18 minutes as a #3 option starter and another 18 minutes as the #1 option of a bench unit. Or he becomes completely useless off-ball/without high usage and a winning situation has no positive impact on his defense at all.
Then you have to factor in the ACL injury and the franchise surroundings. There is so much to unpack.