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

[RDB]

A few comments:

Acquiring the talent needed to put us into contention will very likely be a trade instead of cap space. 

Don’t disagree…I’m talking about this year and I don’t think we have the talent needed to acquire a star.

The talent we acquire does not have to have warts.  Jrue Holiday and Dejounte Murray had no warts.

It likely will this year unless I’m missing something.

We have a very good idea of what the perfect match is for Luka.  Offensively it needs to be somebody who can stretch the floor and can be a secondary creator/playmaker but does not need the ball in their hands.  That player also needs to be a plus perimeter defender.  KP did not fit because he was unwilling to run P&R and P&P with Luka, and wanted to do inefficient post stuff.

I’ll take 3 of those.  Where do I sign up?  Can I interest you in DB?

Given our FO constant bungling since the Luka draft, we have very little in assets other than future draft picks.  That means we likely have one shot to make a big trade to put us in true contention.  We already tried that trade prematurely for a guy with warts (KP) and paid the price.  We can't afford to make that mistake again.  I would argue we do not want to go after a guy with warts.

Not sure how acquiring Kyrie impacts that if you are referring to next year.

If we are talking about something like Timmy plus Powell then you probably pull the trigger on that, but it is highly unlikely that gets it done.  I'm not interested in gutting the team for a one year rental who may not even show up.

Something like what you suggest is exactly what I am talking about… maybe it won’t get done…never know until you try.  If you go back to my first post, my point from the beginning was that many on this board wouldn’t consider Kyrie period.  I am simply stating that I believe that is narrow minded and short sighted.

I am also not interested in gutting the team.  I thought I was clear on that…apologies if I wasn’t.  I will also add that the thought of Kyrie not showing up in a contract year is extremely unlikely.