05-31-2023, 10:54 AM
(05-31-2023, 10:37 AM)F Gump Wrote: 1 If you're not envisioning cap room, then two things are true: (1) nothing can be done unless the Mavs get paid for Kyrie in assets via trade,
Most of all, I think DAL does offer what Kyrie wants.
1. Yes. That is the hope IF (and only if) Kyrie tries to force his way out.
2. That is the hope. I just don’t trust Kyrie and Cuban to get this right.
From a strategic standpoint, we can exhaust all of the ‘Kyrie stays’ team building possibilities in about five minutes. I find the more interesting part of this the ‘what if he doesn’t’ part. It would be a mistake for anyone (not you in particular) to interpret that I don’t want Kyrie. Our best position is him staying for the kind of money you and I have been discussing.
If he does stay, I see almost no version of keeping pick #10 that makes sense as the highest and best use of the asset. It is just a shiny new object that immediately loses value the moment it is driven off the lot. Whoever is taken in this spot won’t add much of anything to next years playoff run (unless we nail a once in a lifetime Kawhi Leonard with the pick). So, anyone who interprets that I’m anti keeping #10 would be correct if Kyrie is staying. There are better ways to use the resource to build a stronger team.