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

[omahen]

I am not surprised there is no agreement.  But I will be disappointed if they don’t have a firm handle on salary range.  These are the type of conversations Nico is paid for.

What bothers me is how bad they are in trade negotiations.  Did we really have to take back a player who can’t move any longer (Morris) and give up a second round pick?  Should we have gotten a small asset either younger player or a second round pick or two?  It seems we get taken advantage every trade.  Heck if we got a second round pick back maybe we could have moved at the deadline with either Wood and Powell and gotten a bandaid fix down the stretch.

I am more bothered by all the missed opportunities. Both in previous regime as well as this one. Mavs clear max cap space (Barnes dump) only to not use it at all. Mavs create largest TE only to not use any of it. Mavs had two nice expiring contracts this TDL (and none of it is crucial for Mavs long term) and none was used. After all those opportunities, Mavs are left with 2 FRP, zero (!!!) SRP and only one expiring contract (Bullock), while all the rest (rookies and stars excluded) can be considered as negative deals. So, Mavs can't really offer a lot of draft capital, can't offer high value youngsters, can't offer salary relief, can't offer good role players on good deals. It will be very difficult to compete for any serious player, as almost any team can offer a better package for those players, that will be available.