02-10-2024, 02:00 AM
(02-09-2024, 10:40 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I don’t think we will make a big trade this summer. I think we will get to the second round and maybe beyond this season and largely run it back and hope for some internal improvement (and find the next GG Jackson in the late second round). THJ and 2025 (the first or the second) at the TDL a year from now is a possibility. We aren’t replacing Lively, Luka or Kyrie in the starting lineup and the bar to upgrade Green and PJ will likely be high enough that it isn’t easily jumped over. I’m not saying we can’t upgrade those guys. I’m saying the list of players who are substantially better than either is short and those types of players are very expensive. If I have a disappointment, it is that it will be hard to develop Hardy and OMax with so many mouths to feed. We have time for OMax, but decision time regarding Hardy is the same summer as decision time for THJ.
I'd be interested to know the situation is with some of the other teams who have trade capital that absolutely dwarf the Mavs. I feel like some of them held back this TDL in order to understand more about their roster letting the season play out (OKC), before potentially going ham in the off season. Making this TDL a better opportunity for us to have gotten something of value than the off season will be given what we are competing with. But haven't looked too deeply at that situation.