04-12-2024, 08:52 PM
(04-12-2024, 02:23 AM)F Gump Wrote: In general I like all your comments, although I don't quite agree with them all.1. I was out on Hardy and still am mostly, but he looks to have found a little something 2nd half of this year. More than anything i liked the gamble on drafting him. I would like to keep him for 1 more year as cheap Kyrie insurance, but i don’t see any way that Klutch doesn’t force us to trade him. So it’s likely all a moot point
1 I like the swing they took on Hardy, and the way they tried. But I don't think he's going to be a keeper - looks to me like he's still the wild inefficient chucker he always was, two years away from being two years away from maybe being efficiently productive in the rotation.
2 I like the moves in the last draft, but don't credit them to Nico personally (other than Nico now having someone who can negotiate deals effectively). I credit those ideas to Lindsey, a professional NBA GM who has done this stuff before, and made good deals. Although I do credit Nico for listening.
3 It wouldn't surprise me at all if 1st rounders are readily available, with the way this draft is being talked about. I've actually thought the same idea, that this might be a draft you could sneak into and get a guy you think is overlooked and you really like, so thanks for bringing up the idea.
4 I would love to wake up and hear the Mavs had pulled off your proposed deal (THJ + 58, for a 1st that lands someone Lindsey likes a lot, assuming there is one).
5 But the part about taking players to waive, I jumped ship on that part.
6 And the most practical target might be a 2nd rounder who is a 2-way to start with. But what if you can simply buy a 2nd rounder?
7 I do like the idea of trying to get another player to develop. Gotta keep actively looking and trying, even if some don't work out as well as others. So far imo on recent tries, Lively is an A, OMax a D, and Hardy an F, but keep at it. Learn to scout better and develop better, by trying.
8 If this team is really good in the playoffs, we shouldn't expect that raw players will get many minutes next season. The Mavs will be investing the bulk of their minutes in their best, as they are honing skills and chemistry for playoffs.
2. I’m fascinated by how the Nico regime works. Good interview with Nico and Brad Townsend a few days ago. Nico trying to hold back and not give away the secrets.
4/5. If we’re using THJ to do something in the draft, it’s unlikely a team would be able to absorb his contract without giving something back. Orlando could. But if we’re GETTING a pick, then we should expect bad expiring salary coming back to us. Then we dump that player.
Forget about fit for a second, but THJ to the Clippers for PJ Tucker and pick 47 is a deal that i would do if we had a guy we liked there. We make the pick and waive Tucker. I don’t see the problem with something like that.
The other issue with trading THJ is we need to make room under the apron to re-sign DJJ. Just another benefit of a plan like this
7/8. I think we NEED another developmental type player because there’s not enough minutes. We are already deep and we need young guys who can sit on the bench and not complain. Lawson getting a standard contract seems like a step towards doing this exact thing. Plus it’s nice to have young unproven prospects for trades