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

[mvossman]

Except... we literally just got one in Christian Wood for peanuts. Apparently if you believe the talk, there is no market for Collin Sexton, who is a far more gifted offensive player than Brunson IMO. I get he's a much more selfish type of scorer, but the talent is not really questionable. There are teams who actually have an overabundance of shot creators, which is in fact something you don't want too much of, and would prefer off ball shooters to balance it out. I get that shot creation is more valuable and therefore more expensive, but there are absolutely cases where you can even acquire players for under value, due to the roster makeup of other teams, or their need to shed contracts depending on their cap situation etc, so there will be opportunities to acquire what we need if we are smart enough. I fully expect that's what we are waiting for right now in terms of making more moves before the season starts.

It's not like Im saying our guys aren't valuable to us on court, but I'm just responding to all the invaluable talk in relation to our role players. No one is saying they should be traded for garbage. But saying it needs to be a slam dunk trade them for a superstar or they should be off limits in trade talk is just silly.

Guys like Wood and Sexton are not available because of roster construction.  They are available due to red flags.  Don't think that is apples to apples comparison.  I'm curious how often two competing teams trade a 3&D player for a creator when said creator does not have red flags or is wildly overpriced?  Maybe it happens more than I realize?

I'm not saying our role players are untouchable, its simply that any trade proposed where I think "yeah, I would send him out for that" I look at it from the other team's perspective and don't think they would pull the trigger.

As an aside, hard disagree on Sexton vs Brunson.  They are different players offensively, but Sexton does not have Brunson elite mid range creation.  He is a higher volume scorer, but less efficient and much worse playmaker.  Add to that his almost Trae Young level defensively and selfish red flags, and I have no interest going after him.