10-31-2023, 02:37 PM
(10-31-2023, 02:24 PM)omahen Wrote: Yes. I don't think Grant and Siakam really fit together well next to Luka and Kyrie. But, Siakam is an upgrade over GW, I think.
There is another target that could be more getable for our asset chest - Jerami Grant. Very likely he will be traded. He got a big contract, that will lower his market value. But that contract is still not such an obstacle to build around, still manageable. THJ+Holmes is approximately similar money, but Grant is a huge talent upgrade. Similar issue as with Siakam though - he overlaps a lot with GW.
I just can't think of a realistic point of attack defender we could bring in to start. Someone that would be really decisively better than Green. Smart, White or Jrue would be ideal, but none of them will be available. Caruso is already more of a role player. I would like to have him, but I think Mavs need a bit bigger swing to really become a contender.
Love the idea of Jerami Grant here. I actually think his contract may increase his value honestly. 30M is not going to look like very much in the NBA in coming years, it will basically be high level starter money which is absolutely is. Really just depends how you think his game will hold up at the end of it (he'll turn 34 at the very end of that deal).
I don't understand the concern about overlap between wings like G Will and Grant. I certainly welcome multiple wings on the floor who can defend and shoot and create a little bit so I get confused as to why that's an issue. I agree with your sentiment that one wing should probably be more of a weakside offball defender skillset and the other a POA defender but while Williams, Siakim and Grant all fall more into a typical weakside defender, it doesn't mean they can't handle POA. Hell, it feels like the Mavs are LOOKING for overlapping skillsets by choosing DJJ over Green imo because I certainly feel there's way more overlap between Williams and DJJ than Green and Williams so they don't seem to think it's an issue from a front office point of view.
Last thing I would say is that OG is definitely a decisively better POA defender than Green, it feels like OG's bread and butter when I watch him, so it's interesting you feel otherwise (unless you were talking about a realistic option outside of the raptors we were talking about).