04-13-2024, 03:38 PM
(04-13-2024, 03:12 PM)youzigizag Wrote: I think the Mavs talent has increased to the point that finding low priced, average talent players with no major flaws isnt going to be a needle mover anymore. The talent increase over the past year and half to two years has proven the old way of putting percentage players around Luka was wrong. Dwight Powel is an example and a major major wound to analytics guys around here. Its not all about numbers.
Im not saying go spend 30M on a player that we wont get the full 30M benefit out of because of Luka or Luka/Kyrie...but what other options do you have other than getting lucky in the draft?
I think Andrew Wiggins and Mikal Bridges fit the 3rd fiddle seat. Both 2-ways. Both expensive. Bridges might not want to go back to a Phoenix roll now, though.
I dont know if the Mavs will be reliant on a 3rd scorer though unless someone gets into foul trouble. If Luka and Kyrie are collapsing the defense and we(now) have decent bball players on our team with no major flaws...maybe you dont need another large salary player. I would hate to lose depth to a large salary...but if our scouting is better now...we can put quality depth around 3 large contracts, no?
This is why GMs make the big bucks.
I want to keep Gaf, DLive, Maxi, PJW, DJJ, Exum and add a shooter (if Timmy gets traded). Y'all (trade thread peeps) know better than me, but I'm thinking that getting that third star means losing some of the folks I just listed, which I think most likely hurts us more than it helps us. Can we get a third start that improves on Exum but doesn't cost us Gaf, DLive, Maxi, PJW or DJJ?
My guess is that letting the growth of PJW/Exum might be the best bet at a "3rd star" by committee for next season.
I think my preference would be to roll another year with six I mentioned, but this management team seems to be much more bold than I am (see DFS trade).
Not very astute ^^^^