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

[Scott41theMavs]

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.

The Mavs have sort of backed themselves into a corner with Josh Green. Losing out on Thybulle means that he's the only decent perimeter defender on roster aside from Exum, whom we can only hope will crack the 8-man. We have several decent frontcourt defenders - GW, OMax, Maxi, Lively, DJJ. Anything that trades Josh away for a center creates problems, imho, unless the Mavs have genuine hopes that OMax is soooo good that he'll crack the starting lineup (!) by the end of the year and can defend on-ball.