02-03-2024, 03:01 PM
(02-03-2024, 02:30 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I'm curious on your thoughts Dan between a deal for Wiggins where the Mavs get an asset (say Looney, or Moody, or 2nds), vs for Kuzma where the Mavs have to send out 2027 and 1 of Omax, Hardy, Green.
Interesting question.
I think Wiggins is the better defender, the worse contract and the bigger overall risk but also the bigger overall reward for what Dallas needs. I don't think they'll give up Moody in a Wiggins Dump (I would do a Moody for Hardy swap through).
Looney doesn't wow me as much as some other ideas. Same with second(s). I would take Jackson-Davis as a sweetener and call it a day as a way of holding down the cost of my backup big spot.
I think Kuzma is the better offensive player, by far the better contract and the bigger risk on the defensive end. Apparently I have to continue to point out that my OMax/2027 deal was for Kuzma and Gafford (your question makes it sound like I proposed both for just Kuzma...which is what Stein thinks it will cost). If the alternative is Wiggins/TJD and we keep OMax and 2027, then that is obviously the better move (realistic? I don't know). If Kuzma ever just quits on you, it will only be at one end of the floor. If Wiggins ever quits on you, it might be at both (which is what I mean by risk). You have to get comfortable that recent Wiggins is real and last 12 months Wiggins is the aberration.
I could see a big messy deal involving all three teams. GS could use any of Tyus Jones, Gafford and some guys from our roster like GWill or THJ. Washington could use any number of the young assets and picks GS and Dallas have. Dallas could be in play for Wiggins or Kuzma in a 3 way and pick up a backup big. And there are enough TPE's that GS could save a ton of money in the process and Dallas might stay under the tax. In such a deal, it might be so messy that it is hard to pin down what the cost of each player actually was (which is kind of the point). I could see that happening. I think we are better with either Wiggins or Kuzma compared to THJ and I'd like to get a backup big in the process.