04-08-2023, 09:55 AM
(04-08-2023, 07:19 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: https://hoopshype.com/lists/mavericks-of...tion-more/
If we have the MLE, you got something to work with, but you have to be ultra-professional.
Step 1: Use the MLE as a weapon. Jalen McDaniels is an UFA. Offer Philly a S&T for Bullock or they lose McDaniels for nothing. I think Philly accept that.
Step 2: Use the MLE as a weapon again. Vucevic is an UFA. Now I´m sure he wants a little more than the MLE, but get him to agree on it to gain leverage, and I´m 100% sure you pressure the Bulls into a deal. Say THJ for Vucevic.
Step 3: Re-sign Powell + Ntilikina for the minimum
Step 4: Split the MLE between Mykhailiuk and Saric
Step 4: Re-sign Kyrie to something reasonable.
That´s basically the team before using the 1st round pick in a future trade.
Doncic/Hardy/Ntilikina
Irving/Green/Lawson
McDaniels/Mykhailiuk
Hendricks/Saric/Bertans
Vucevic/Kleber/Powell/McGee
Not sure whether it works under the new CBA. Think it should, but I´d say either way that´s something like the best case scenario. You cannot panic now, even if you feel the clock is ticking. Another panic move this summer and you are completely screwed.