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

[Mavsfan12]

In my mind, the purpose of trades are to improve fit.  A good trade is when both teams get better (at whatever it is they are trying to accomplish).  When you have players that are a very good fit on a team, there is generally not a good reason to trade them.  This team went to the WCF with a collection of players that you would not expect to go that far.  We traded our second most talented player for guys not nearly as talented and started winning at one of the highest rates in the NBA.  Folks talk about trading Timmy because he was struggling to fit in Kidd's system before the injury and was not part of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.  Folks are more hesitant to trade guys like Dorian, Bullock, Maxi and Dinwiddie because they are great fits on this team.  Unless you are swindling another team (not something this FO is particularly known for) you are likely not getting equal value sending those guys out due to fit.

This board is fickle like all fanbases are fickle.  Part of it is different voices on different topics, part of it is typical fan overreaction, and part of it is that we have had some wild swings in player performance.  There was reasonable trepidation on the Dinwiddie fit here, and that turned out to be significantly better than anticipated.  Bullock was absolutely terrible for the first two months of the season, but once he could hit the broad side of a barn, it became clear how good his fit is.  Maxi went through by far his worst stretch of his career towards the end of the season to the point he was almost unplayable, but he was vital in the playoffs.  There has been reason for some of the fickleness.

Excellent post. I am still wary of SD, but I will root for him.  I think his early performance was well above his ability and that his later struggles are more who he is.  Im kind of opposite on my take fore Maxi.  I think his performance was well below his norm and think he was dealing with some physical ailments that contributed to his slump.  But he has a strong history from the prior 2 seasons of being a very good 3D big.  Furthermore, even when his shot had faltered, he was still bringing it on D. I view him as a super sub - a lower minute, high impact player.  I think he gets overused... because he is simply so valuable to the team.  Which is kind of my point when someone brings him up in trades.  He is simply worth more to the Mavs than what his trade value would be.  So... keep him!