Trade & FA 2023-24: Lavine Market Barely There| NOP Want Trae or Murray

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Seems pretty accurate.

His TS numbers are virtually identical to guys like Maxey or Fox. You trade THJ + Powell + unprotected 1st for Maxey? You still haven´t learned your lesson about good players on bad teams. Guess Gafford and Washington was not enough. Do it again, Al Bundy.

What in the world do we need Tybulle for? We are already a top 5 defense in the league, arguably #1. We are also by far the worst FT shooting team in the league. Simmons hit 91.6% last season. He´s also made the 6th most threes per game at 38.5%. I really don´t see what is not to like.

Simons TS% is propped up by his fantastic ability to knock down FTs. The league average TS% last year was 58%, Simons was below that (56.8). He's closer to D'Angelo Russell than Maxey or Fox. The latter two were both a step above offensively in both efficiency and volume. 

His defense is the main reason I don't like Simons. If he can't guard then he can't play in Kidds defensive scheme. We've seen as much with THJ basically being ousted out of the rotation since the trades (on top of horrible shooting). His size makes it incredible difficult to play him with Kyrie at any given moment which is kind of a big reason why we should stay away. 

His contract is 25.8 next year. I don't see how the Mavs can trade for him in a way that makes sense while still being able to offer DJJ a competitive contract. THJ+Powell cannot be done as a legal trade. THJ+Green still isn't enough (3mil savings). We'd have to add either Hardy or Powell and at that point we're trading 3 players AND picks for Anfernee Simons which is loony.