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

[ItsGoTime]

That Paul Reed contract looks like a bargain.  The Mavericks should have made a bid.  There are not many useful free agents left that fit this roster.  We gave up a 2030 pick swap partly to preserve the full MLE…only to apparently not use the MLE.

Derrick Jones Jr. and Christian Wood are about all that’s left that’s worth more than the minimum.

The fact that we had the money and the Thybulle RFA contract was no longer a hindrance makes me think the Mavs don’t share our thoughts in this (I think he’d look pretty good here too). If the Powell deal didn’t happen, Reed, I think, would have been a nice alternative option. Reed/Lively/Holmes. I actually would feel a bit more secure in a Reed/Lively/Powell rotation, but how crappy would it be for us to have Holmes waive his TK and then we immediately trade him?