12-19-2022, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-19-2022, 01:46 PM by KillerLeft.)
(12-19-2022, 01:15 PM)mvossman Wrote: I think the first two guys on your list are difference makers that we would pay multiple firsts for. Grant is worth a first and would make sense if we are going the route of splitting the picks to get two quality starters. I'm not sure the other guys are worth burning a first on.
It's just a quick list of a certain type of player with no thought paid to ranking them, their availability or what the cost of acquisition might be. There are probably 20 more names I could add if I thought about it, and I have no idea what the trade market is (none of us do), but that's a player type that literally isn't on this roster right now.
And honestly, since Kleber is probably the closest thing the Mavs have to someone belonging on that list, I'd say his injury increases the need for one of them, rather than bringing the need for yet another slow-footed ogre to the forefront. That's not what Kleber is, after all.
(12-19-2022, 01:40 PM)mvossman Wrote: So wouldn't PJ be a perfect solution in this case? Somebody who could provide emergency center minutes this season, while generally playing the big 4 this season and beyond?
Sure! I love Washington, but don't know what it gets you if Powell is the one you have to give up to get him. To me, that means that 90% of his minutes will be at the 5. And for the record, I'm fine with that and think that's probably the best way of using him, but I don't know that it's better than just keeping Powell and adding a 4 through some other means.
I just feel like the roster flatly does not have a prototypical 4. Not even one, unless you count Bertans. Maybe it's DFS's best position...that argument is there, and might be valid.
I just see some of the same people who were excited about McGee saying they need another big...I personally think most of them are going to look pretty much like he does.