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

[mvossman]

I typically agree with this sentiment but would also include Dinwiddie to the list of areas to improve, at least long term.

The Hardaway/Bullock/Dinwiddie trio can hopefully become the Green/Hardy/Player X trio by the end of Lukas contract and hopefully you can get player x with the former trio and keep Maxi/Wood/DFS.

I would argue Dinwiddie is a perfect 6th man on this team, he just isn't playing that role currently.  The guys that make the most sense as salary matching fodder for a big trade in the near future are Timmy and Bullock.  I have probably posted this a ton of times, but if they can pull off that trade next offseason, you are looking at:

starters:  Wood/Dorian/2 way wing/Green/Luka
Bench:    Powell/Maxi/Hardy/Frank/Din

Depending on how good that wing is, that team could be a contender.  Maybe the following season you can package one of the older players with Bertans expiring and possibly a pick (if you have any left) to upgrade that position.  From there you slowly replace the older players with younger blood, keeping the continuity while getting younger and riding the best player in the league for a long contention window.