01-26-2024, 12:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-26-2024, 12:38 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(01-26-2024, 12:24 PM)omahen Wrote: I think you missunderstood me a bit. I think there is highly unlikely to get number 3 with our assets. But I prefer to wait till offseason than pay 2027 for a meh player hoping to become something more with us.
OK, then I definitely misunderstood your perspective. Your take, then, is that we don't need to improve around the edges, but to strengthen the core of the roster. I took that to mean that you were saying they needed to get someone great (3-esque) at the deadline. You're saying, no, wait until the offseason. Is that right? If that's the case, you're on much the same page KL is.
My perspective would be that 1) no trade is likely to help the Mavs win more games/get farther in the playoffs this year, but 2) they need to take much the same tack they did this past summer - long-view, opportunistic moves that make us better long term. Shrewdness and maximization of assets.
Their path to improvement this year imho is 1) fire Kidd today, hire Adrian (Mav vet!) as the interim coach, and go big game hunting for a top five coach this summer (won't happen, but it's the clear move *today*), 2) play OMax at least 10 mpg of non-garbage time the rest of the year - develop the man, because his ceiling is just what we need, 3) if someone wants to give us something better-fitting and more useful at the deadline than Holmes, GW, Green, or Hardy without us sending out 27, do that.
(01-26-2024, 12:29 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: It seems like most of the teams looking to trade are looking for firsts. Even for guys who are nothing more than solid rotation pieces. We will see if the asking price comes down. With a weak draft, some teams may be willing to forfeit a first round draft pick this year. But there are not a lot of teams flush with mulitple picks. If the trading teams do not lower their demands, it may help the Mavs. Maybe not this deadline because Dallas doesn't have expirings, but maybe this offseason where we will have guys entering expiring plus 3 picks. Something like a first and Holmes for Deni and two firsts, asset, Hardaway and stuff for Grant. Getting two players for those three picks instead of one.
I'm not sold on Grant as a 2 FRP guy.