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

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I mean Josh Green played 11 minutes per game as a rookie.  But he was basically a non factor to winning or losing.  

Every day, Stein is saying the Mavs will upgrade center if they can help it.  The Mavs already tried to trade for Ayton and Capela.  If they were happy with Powell starting and Lively playing backup minutes, what do you make of these reports?

The current roster as it stands might force them to play how you want but I definitely do not think that's what the Mavs would prefer to do.

But all the guys saying that stuff (maybe not Stein, specifically, can’t recall) were also saying Powell wouldn’t be with the team this season.

These plans are fluid. They adapt and change, and the media guys have brief access to them when they’re able to check in, periodically. They’re not kept up to the minute with front office thinking. 

Maybe you’re right, but at this point, the league is announcing deals being made official. There will be some roster filling by teams over the next couple of weeks, and I’m holding out a little hope that some other RFA news might happen today (Paul Reed is a possibility), but come on, doesn’t it feel like the big stuff is done?

Can you remember ANY big trades happening at this point in the process, like ever?

I guess we’re still waiting for the Lillard and Harden situations to be resolved, so that’s different than normal, but I have the feeling the Harden thing will drag out well into the season. Maybe they both will.

Then again, maybe 5 huge things, those guys included, get announced next week, what do I know? All I’m saying is that I hope we can all enjoy all the smart stuff they’ve done this summer without pinning our hopes to some stupid Ayton trade that it sounds like was only a possibility on draft night.