01-04-2021, 03:24 PM
(01-04-2021, 02:38 PM)cow Wrote: I'm not so sure. They really screwed the pooch with the Wiggins trade. They'll need to figure out a way to get off that contract if they want to contend again and they'll need assets to do that. I'm not saying Dallas is a likely destination but Draymond is a rung or five below Steph and Klay on the untouchable ladder. He might be a casualty of that ill advised trade.
I keep thinking the Mavs will make a Shawn Marion like move for this team. My gut has been saying Griffin but Draymond kind of fits too.
If we think the Mavs might try another "Shawn Marion like move" -- he was brought to Dallas on an incredible bargain contract (signed as a free agent, via sign-and-trade). He wasn't a fading ex-star on a massive contract, like Green or Griffin or others mentioned sometimes.
In fact, since the 2011 title and new CBA that year (which altered league finances regarding the cap and tax), have the Mavs ever once traded for an incredibly overpriced player all on his own, as the primary goal of the trade?
They did acquire players like Hardaway and Lee from New York, but the reason for that trade was to get Porzingis.
Who are the players that prove today's Mavs will target the player with the horrendous multi-year contract just to slightly upgrade the talent? I don't think the Mavs play that game.