11-11-2023, 03:21 PM
(11-11-2023, 02:37 PM)JamesConway912 Wrote: Poeltl is a below the rim guy who cant shoot. He’s absolutely no fit here. Say whatever you want about Powell but he’s still a darn good backup Center, especially in our system. That’s not the position to upgrade Imo.
Biggest needs Imo:
Stretch five
Two way wings (as always)
I’m actually very impressed how they have filled up the backup guard positions. Hardy is slowly finding his way into the regular rotation and Exum looks like a good find as well, Seth also seems like he’s still a guy you can plug in and play anytime.
Imo the biggest internal „need“ is to cash in on Hardaway while he’s playing the way he does. Picks, expirings, a 3D wing player or a stretch big. Moving him would balance out the roster and I am confident that we could replace his production internally.
Very much agree with this, especially with the last part. Mavs still played a ton of small lineups with basically 4 guards on the floor, as they have so many guys who need to get minutes on the position. They can get by against Clippers, but had huge problems against Toronto. Teams overall are getting bigger and bigger. THJ has been great as a bench scorer, but he is imho very easily replaced with existing roster. Trading him for a bigger wing would really solidify our rotations.
I think this team is one very good wing away from becoming a contender. From there on you tinker around the edges. It is probably unlikely Mavs can find someone good for the assets they have by TDL. So I would save flexibility for next season. Both in terms of assets as well as tradeable contracts.
I think center position is ok for this season and adding another center doesn't imho makes us a contender. I wouldn't spend assets for a good starting centre and even less so for a back-up. I rather wait and hope Lively will take a couple of steps forward next season. However, perhaps someone would see value in THJ and spend assets for him. So I decided to look for teams that might need THJ and could consider giving up some value for him because he would make them better.
These are worst 3 point shooting teams so far: Charlotte, Portland, LAL, Sacramento (shoot a lot, percentage low so far), Cleveland, Orlando, NOP, Memphis (same as Sacramento), San Antonio, Atlanta, New York.
I don't see teams like Charlotte, Portland and SA would see any value in a vet shooter. They are still rebuilding. Sacramento already has their "THJ" in Monk. I don't think Memphis, LAL, Cleveland or New York would be very interested. This leaves:
- Orlando. They really need a shooter and they want to start competing. Problem is, I don't see much interesting there that would be available. We don't need to add another guard. What I would consider is Isaac and pick for THJ. THJ could be the difference for them to bring them to playoffs. Mavs would get additional flexibility moving forward while I don't think their on-court result would suffer much losing THJ, despite his production (Mavs have other capable bench scorers). Isaac is mostly cooked, but he is also expiring (not guaranteed for next season) and he could make some sense from bench. But this just doesn't sound like a Mavs type of move
- NOP is another team in big need of shooting, although their prime target should probably be a shooting big or PF to pair with Zion. They really need to make step forward with this group or think about rebuilding. However similar problem as Orlando. Not really anything interesting there. Perhaps similar move as with Orlando - Valanciunas for a season and a pick for THJ. Mavs lose a tradeable salary for summer and Valanciunas is not a great fit, imho.
- Atlanta. Can we revive the Capela ideas? THJ for Capela seems like a fair trade, but Atlanta would need at least a back-up big too. Holmes is too expensive and Mavs will likely not consider trading Powell.