07-02-2023, 04:50 PM
(07-02-2023, 04:34 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I think the players that would have been the right piece were out of our budget. I think Bruce Brown would have been great but he got a huge contract with Indiana. Dillon Brooks would have been a decent pickup for the MLE but he went for $20 million per year.
I am envious of the Lakers and the Suns who picked up quality rotation pieces on cheap (often minimum) contracts. I like Josh Okogie, Yuta Watanabe and Taurean Prince. I wish the Mavs would have offered one of them part of the MLE and I think we'd be in a better position today.
Those would all be backups though. As of today, the price of an adequate starter in free agency is more than the MLE.
Agree. Brown was out of reach as SnT was not an option. Although I am a bit bummed, that he was reported to be the No1 Mavs target yet it seemed he had Mavs only as his third option after Indy and Lakers.
I like Brooks, but I think he is in the similar quality class as Thybulle or G.Williams. So I am fine if Mavs didn't get him (SnT could be an option), if they can actually get one of those two.