06-03-2023, 04:32 AM
(06-02-2023, 12:22 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: In my love of forever complicating ideas:
3 team trade:
Bullock+Maxi+#10 to ATL.
THJ+Wood+2027 FRP DAL to CLE.
Allen+Hunter+Collins+15 to DAL.
Mavs add 4.5 mil to salary but generate 3 starters.
ATL saves 20 mil in space and move up to 10. CLE gets their starting wing in THJ and a great replacement big in Wood (I assume he's SnT for 3/45).
Luka/
Kyrie/Hardy
Hunter/Green
Collins/
Allen/McGee/Powell
On paper is a great starting 5. Mavs starting 5 is 151mm (which is expensive). And leaves them with just about 20 mil for the bench and whatever guys.
Assuming they keep Powell, Morris, and Pinson as vet min guys, they have 12 guys including #15 pick. Bench is light but I like this roster.
EDIT: I'd probably go to BRK and offer Bertans+McGee+15 for DFS and finish this roster out.
Luka/Green
Kyrie/Hardy
Hunter/DFS/Pinson
Collins/Morris
Allen/Powell.
Total salaries: ~178 mil.
I had a similar trade on a locked on podcast but only got in DFS/Collins/Capella (no 15 pick)(but still had Bullock/Maxi - sending out Bertans). Honestly, I like this a lot. I like Hunter as a big, rangy wing. I think you are counting a lot of improved shooting from the Luka/Kyrie effect to make this work without Bullock/THJ/Maxi/Bertans/Wood, (man, that is a LOT of lost shooting!), but I love the upgrade in talent/versatility. This lineup could go big/small with the best of them, so you hedge against Allen getting played off the floor. Also, you are getting 3 players age 25 and in one offseason, have transformed your core into a group heading into their prime (and Kyrie/DFS who are 31/30). I would take this swing in a minute. But it is not my money. Do you think Cuban spends this kind of cash??? Reminds me of a trade a younger, hungrier Cuban makes in the early 2000's. The "no balls, no babies" Cuban.
After staring at this lineup for a few minutes, I could totally see Kidd benching Collins and starting DFS here... and I wouldn't actually complain. DFS at the 4 isn't nearly the liability with Allen as it was with Powell. Maybe a big/small platoon based on matchups? I also question if he would play Collins at the 4 with Allen, why wouldn't he have played Wood at the 4 with Powell???? Oh, the rabbit hole that opens up!