07-12-2023, 01:47 PM
(07-12-2023, 01:39 PM)F Gump Wrote: If we put it all together and then break it down in like pieces, it's either a good deal, or a great one.
With the picks, it's a really good trade return. They traded down from 10 to 12, and picked up 24 for doing so, while still getting the same player they would have picked at 10.
With the players, it's either a wash or a good value. Bertans was making 17M this season for Holmes making 12M, but overall about the same money owed. But the big win comes if Holmes can either be worth playing, or can be a piece useful in a trade, because DB had no real value on either front. The best outcome (and it remains to be seen if this might happen) would be that Holmes can actually be a contributor in the lineup, because DB had no real role and provided nothing.
Totally agree. But if Mavs do trade for a center, Holmes essentially takes Bertans role as you described it. A lot of noise Mavs do want to trade for another center.
Holmes is a negative value contract, we can take that as a fact. No one will give something for him. We can hope for equally bad contract or add assets to trade him for a better contract. If Mavs do get another center, Holmes has no role on the team.
Center 1: new guy
Center 2: Lively
Deep bench, break in case of emergency, center: Powell
There is also Maxi, who is likely more center than PF.