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

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He also satisfies Dan's itch of acquiring someone who pushes Grant Williams to the bench.

Wasn't most of this based on the assumption that Green would be starting?  Feels like (after only 3 games mind you) that replacing DJJ is quickly becoming the priority because the Mavs plan to use Green as a high level bench piece which the board I think is starting to come around to (I am at least).

I think Siakim's next contract is going to be too insane to be worth it so I certainly lean OG.  I think having Williams/OG/Green on the roster allows you to deploy multiple two-way(ish) wings that you can size up or down however you please given that Williams can really play 3/4 and even 5 in a pinch the same way DFS did, OG feels like a 3/4 tweener and Josh is more of a 2/3 tweener.  I think OG brings a lot more on defense than Siakim does and given that offense is never an issue with Luka on the floor (I know we get complaints on how we score on this board from time to time but I've always thought those are really nitpicky given that we always are putting up crazy ORating numbers year in and year out), I would certainly think he's the better play at this time.

The problem is cost.  I've mentioned before but I would say what the Mavs are hoping to use as trade assets would be some combo of Hardaway/Holmes/Maxi/Hardy/OMax/draft capital and I would assume DJJ is not off limits as well assuming we're targeting a wing.  I do feel that OG is going to have enough of a market that the price will require OMax/Hardy/2027 just to get into the discussion.  Philly and the Knicks are going to be shopping their draft capital hard this February so it's going to be incredibly difficult to compete with their warchests.