08-26-2023, 05:02 PM
(08-26-2023, 04:19 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I think they have to find a way to bring in Capela, Allen, Ayton, or Claxton. I think Capela is a no-go unless we see the Holmes-2nds trade on the 6th, and as a Mavs fan I would be furious if Hardy, Green, or the 27 was included in such a deal unless another juicy asset was coming back to us. My sense is that, unless the Hawks really want Holmes, we would have already seen Capela on roster here if it were going to happen. I think Ayton likewise is only acceptable without HG27, due to the distressed value of his albatross contract, and I don't think the Suns do that (and KL might leave the board then anyway). I think it would take two of HG27 to obtain Claxton, and yes, I do that, but I'm not sure the Mavs do. I would only give one of HG27 for Allen, but I'm not sure the Cavs do that.
This is why I'm leaning towards a stop-gap cheap center. Valanciunas/Nurkic/Hartenstein (maybe?) are probably the only decent ones (start-worthy) I can see we getting without giving up "HG27" and since we already spent #12 on Lively, I doubt we'd be sending another asset for a center (unless the asset is Lively himself, which I would do for very few center is the league). If we can't find that, better pray for the Holmes comeback. Not having Wood means our rebounding is worse than last season, which I didn't think could be.
All that said, I really like the Luka/Kyrie/Green/Williams/Kleber closing lineup. Just need someone to grab boards and bang with the bigger guys on the regular season.
Ayton probably requires Hardy, which I'm not against at all (Hardy/Hardaway/Holmes), but I think PHO will try and work things out first and save a trade for the TDL.
We just paid a whole lot of money to a guy that went 9-29 (31%) on FG and 3-20 (15%) 3-pt% in both our win or go home elimination games last couple of playoffs. SMH