12-31-2023, 05:09 PM
(12-31-2023, 04:13 PM)omahen Wrote: Some chatter about Mavs appearing. Lots of chatter Atlanta wants Siakam, but he doesn't want to resign with them. Real danger is Philly and their cap space in the summer. According to some unconfirmed rumors, Toronto wants Bogdanovic and Jalen Johnson in return. Bogdanovic is stat wise very similar to THJ. Same age and similar yearly salary, but a year longer contract (and another year with team option). Not sure if that is an advantage or disadvantage in Toronto case. Both players would bring much needed shooting to Toronto and likely be their starting SG (Quickley-THJ-Barrett-Barnes_Poeltl). Johnson has a breakout season with roughly 14 ppg in his third year in the league, but would sort of overlap with their franchise hopeful Barnes. Mavs don't have anything similar to offer, Green might be closest to that.
So, if Atlanta really wants Siakam and puts on the table everything Toronto wants, they can outbid Mavs. But, would they really want to give up everything for what can only be a 6 months rental?
It's not really clear from this what the "Mavs chatter" is.
Is there speculation from a reasonable source that the Mavs are interested in Siakim, or is that you applying the info about ATL to our working knowledge of the Mavs' circumstances?