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

[omahen]

This is the Mavs chart taking out of equation all FA to be (except Irving, who needs to be resigned if we want to speak about contending).

Starters
Irving
Doncic
Green
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Reserves
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Hardy, THJ
Bullock
Maxi
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Deep bench
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Bertans
McGee

We can see one of the wings is totally redundant. Hardy can function nice next to Luka or Irving, but he is not a PG, imho. So Mavs need a guy who is capable of playing 20+ minutes in games where either Luka or Irving sit. There will be plenty of those. I would go for experienced vet on a min deal, who would only play in only those games. Probably not needed for playoffs at all. Rose, Dragic, Joseph are a couple of names available. Bertans and McGee are criminally overpaid deep bench guys.