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

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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.

I don’t disagree with this line of thinking and if I were to keep one of Hardaway/Bullock/Dinwiddie then it would most likely be Dinwiddie but one thing I’d point out is that a Dinwiddie/Bullock package paired with a bunch of picks this offseason may end up making more sense for the receiving team because Dinwiddie and Bullock will both be expiring. The situation you’re painting would require either extending Dinwiddie, trading him during the season next year or losing him for nothing. I just don’t see us extending him (I may be wrong) so in my head our offseason package will end up being Dinwiddie/Bullock (if they are still here) and 2+ picks so they don’t have to worry about Dinwiddies next contract.