02-08-2024, 04:43 PM
I was a "stand pat" guy, but overall I do like what they did. They got rid of dead weight, added to positions of need, and kept all their young guys. They didn't trade for any 30+ year vets.
There's definitely a lot of risk baked in by trading the pick/pick swap, but the players they brought back are young enough to hopefully still have value in a few years. That's much better to me than trading picks for over the hill guys on their last legs like what's happened in the past. My biggest concern is that the last few trades always seem good on paper but end up fairing much worse. Hopefully that's not the case this time...
IMO, if this were a few years ago the Mavs would have still traded the pick, but it would have only been worth "one" thing: either getting rid of a bad salary, or getting PJ or Gafford. At the very least this front office seems to be better at stretching the value of limited assets.
There's definitely a lot of risk baked in by trading the pick/pick swap, but the players they brought back are young enough to hopefully still have value in a few years. That's much better to me than trading picks for over the hill guys on their last legs like what's happened in the past. My biggest concern is that the last few trades always seem good on paper but end up fairing much worse. Hopefully that's not the case this time...
IMO, if this were a few years ago the Mavs would have still traded the pick, but it would have only been worth "one" thing: either getting rid of a bad salary, or getting PJ or Gafford. At the very least this front office seems to be better at stretching the value of limited assets.
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