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

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There are probably 1,000 ways that ends poorly from a culture standpoint.  Four teams have gotten tired of his act in the last four years (but one of those was Wash and we’ve already had a good experience with a Wash PG who didn’t fit there).

As a bench playmaker surrounded by THJ, Wood and Maxi, I could see the attraction.  He can still get in the lane and finish at the rim or pass out to the open man.  He did 3 things last season at higher than career average…0-3 FG%, Corner 3% and turn the ball over.  I would probably hate such a signing initially and eventually come around to seeing the possibilities.  Half the league has cap room next summer and he has a chance of making some money if he can rehabilitate his reputation and his game somewhere.

Yeah, it would be a tough fit for me.  Although if you squint hard enough, you could envision telling Russ you are Luka in the non Luka minutes.....just with more turnovers, worse shooting and worse efficiency.  The question is how do you find minutes with him playing with Luka.   The role he played with Harden later in his Houston season would be ok, but not sure if he has that any longer or is willing to play this way.

BTW, I saw a Bleacher report article about crazy trades that could work.  They had Lakers getting Conley, Bojan, and Beasley for Westbrook and Talen Horton tucker, plus two future Lakers firsts.   I don't expectthis to happen, but I think that is interesting for both teams.   

They also had one with Miami getting Irving.  I always thought he was a sneaky play for them.  Especially if they can't get KD or Mitchell.    Maybe they can tame the crazy.