Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[omahen]

List the names you think will not be back in order of your belief that they need to go and likelihood that they will.

I honestly don't care a lot about guys like Morris, FN, Pinson and Holiday. They are vet min guys and other vet min guys will not be any better than they are. Sure, I would prefer to replace at least two of them with late SRP or undrafted guys. AJ Lawson looks like he could be just fine in this role. Please Cuban, finally spend the 5 million and buy a SRP or two. 

Center position. None of existing guys is a starter. You can afford to have one more "more than vet min" center on the roster. McGee is the third stringer at best and paid as second stringer. He should be gone, but Mavs can't afford to spend assets dumping him. He likely stays as an overpaid third stringer.  So, I think one of the remaining two will stay as the second stringer, most likely Powell.

Maxi and Bullock fall into same category for me. Neither is totally useless but also not any good. They have their moments, but they have been rare this season. Bullocks contract is good for trade purpose, so I think he will be gone. 

Bertans and THJ have both high and non expiring contracts. Both are expendable. Mavs will sure try to include them in deals, but who knows if there will be any takers. I predict one of them, most likely Bertans, will remain on the team.

Green and Hardy. I don't think Mavs have the ammo for more than average starter and I think picks should be enough of an incentive for those kind of players. Trading Green and Hardy just creates another hole needed to be filled and vet min guys Mavs can bring as replacement will be a sorry substitution.  

Irving and Luka will stay.

What I want to see is adding two starters to this team to continue watching Mavs. One of them could be the rookie, but they need one more. They need a PF and C. There seem to be several PF rookies available in the draft around the #10 pick, but basically no centers, with the highest ones around pick number 20 (Lively). No idea if this guy is ready to be a starter in a 20+ mpg role. However, one move could be to trade down from #10 to get Lively and bring another starter with the difference in value between (lets say) #10 and #20. NBA tankhaton has Mavs at #10 with Hendricks and GSW at #20 with Lively. So perhaps #10 and THJ to GSW for Green and #20 (Lively) could be a smart move, getting two players that fit the needs, for one pick.