ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[KillerLeft]

What flexibility does it add?  Powell was already expiring and Timmy contract will potentially be an asset by next season.  In order to have anywhere close to cap space for a max contract next season we would need to let Wood and Maxi walk.  You are talking about dumping 3 of our currently 7 core players so that we can chase a free agent.  Have we not been burned by plan powder enough?

Yeah, people are just going through all the stages of grief, and we're in different stages at different times. I knew these kinds of arguments would break out, eventually. 

There really isn't a good way to go for cap space, at this point, now that Luka's super max has kicked in. I was a huge proponent of that approach (not that it was successful) when he was on his rookie deal, but now this approach would require stripping the roster down to like Luka, DFS and maybe one other core player. Then, you get 1-2 free agents (not the ones we'd want) and then you're right back here, only with less talent and you've wasted years in the process. 

In my view, the Mavs are officially in the "make trades" portion of roster building, so what they need are contract place holders that are potentially attractive to other teams. 

Losing Brunson, during this stage, was inexcusable, imo, and we're likely to regret that they allowed this to happen for years to come, regardless of how he plays in NY.

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It kind of blows my mind seeing the backlash to this and yet we spend 5 pages fantasizing about Kyrie

Not everyone who doesn't want Westbrook wants Kyrie Irving. That's a false equivalency. I wouldn't touch either of them with a 10-foot pole.