08-29-2023, 11:03 AM
(08-28-2023, 02:51 PM)mvossman Wrote: A few comments:
I think the cost of Allen would be Holmes, Green and the unprotected 27. Holmes is a negative asset and I don't think Green has near the value of Allen.
I feel like this team has done some of its best work with 5 out lineups, especially in the playoffs, and I was looking forward to seeing the small ball lineups we could put out there with some combination of Maxi/Williams/DJJ, but there is not much room for that on this roster.
I realize that the Luka/Timmy/Kyrie combo had some good numbers in a fairly short sample, but call me skeptical we can get away with starting that backcourt and have a good defense, regardless of how good the frontcourt defense is. In fact, every potentially plus defender on that roster is effectively a frontcourt player except for a guy who was playing in Europe last year. And based on my first point, we wont have the assets to address that until next offseason.
I keep coming back to a trade for Allen or Claxton would have made a ton of sense prior to the draft. But to do it now would be spending all of our assets on two young centers who can't play on the court together. That just seems like a major misallocation of resources for an organization that does not have a lot of resources to begin with.
I think J.Allen would cost more than that. Holmes is worth a negative #24 pick. So CLE would only be getting J.Green, which I don't think anyone not a DAL fan would agree is fair.
My guess would be THJ, J.Green, and the 27FRP. IMO, that's too much, unless resigning J.Green doesn't fit into our ongoing model of building around 2 Max players.
If J.Green is too expensive, J.Allen is perfect. 3yrs at $20m/per. TDL 2026 you have an expiring 28yo J.Allen and a 22yo Lively with 2 years left on his rookie contract. That's tremendous value, if Lively is ready to be a starter. You either trade Lively or J.Allen for the perfect need at that time. This makes the 2027 rather worthless to us in that we get J.Allen for at least 2.5 years and have a better asset (either Lively or J.Allen trade) than the 27FRP. Losing J.Green hurts tho.