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

[mvossman]

Regarding Kuzma, I think some of us may be discounting what it takes to be the best player on any NBA team. Off the top of my head the Mavs have acquired another team's "best" player via trade in the last 20 years:

- Antawn Jamison
- Caron Butler
- Jason Terry
- Jason Kidd
- Kristaps Porzingis

Maybe I'm forgetting someone.

when taking into account contract and fit, I would rather have Deni and Gafford.  Is best player on a really bad team what we should be spending assets on?  A chucker that hasn't played defense in years.  Those are some bad habits to break.  It doesn't help that he was a chucker in LA and the general feeling was that he thought too highly of himself.  That report that the Mavs think they can "handle" him is another red flag.