2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

I think I feel pretty confident aside from injuries which can disrupt any teams chances. Luka is a special player, you will have KP getting more comfortable, well-coached and whatnot. I still want a big talent upgrade. THJ had a nice season but the Mavs don't need to fall in love with him. He is the beneficiary of Rick and Luka. I can live with 1 more year of THJ if need-be but if they extend him I will go nuts. You are right about defense. Mavs need defense in a big way.

I would love to extend THJ for a reasonable price.
Ideally frontloaded 4 years with a TO.  

He is a starterlevel player und we are already short on them. 

Even if we don't like to have him longterm (I do) it's much easier to upgrade than to get an better one out of nowhere. We weren't even able to get someone like Green or Beverly with a boatload og money.

Then we can focus to get another starter.

Agree.  Hardaway was statistically a top 50 player this season.  Was it real and repeatable?  If yes, you keep him.  If no, you try to sell high.  All indications are the team believes it was real.  

On another team building note, I was tooling around on BBIndex today and they have a section that ranks teams on various elements of the game.  Here's what we are really bad at:

Finishing (26th in the league)
Playmaking (29th in the league)
Perimeter D (28th in the league)

Whoever we bring in (Draft, Trade or Free Agent), we need them to address these areas.  We talk a lot about the need for a 3&D wing.  But THJ's ability to play SG and SF and DFS's ability to play SF and PF means we can pretty easily cover the wing.  The additions need to push DFS and Curry to the bench.  One needs to be able to cover bigger bodied wings and perimeter bigs while complementing KP's game on offense.  The other needs to add some playmaking and perimeter D...probably from the guard position while also hitting open shots when playing off the ball.  Wright is actually rated very good at playmaking and perimeter D and well above average at finishing.  Unfortunately, he has big holes in other parts of his game that have been a poor fit here so far.