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

[Scott41theMavs]

Trying to sign Anfernee Simons seems kind of daft to me... why? Because Kyrie-Anfernee-Luka cannot play together and win playoff games.

Anfernee is a direct Kyrie replacement, so to speak, off the bench.

- Kyrie/Anfernee, DJJ, Luka, PJW, Lively/Gafford.

For the Mavs to spend $66M on players in the same position (Kyrie is $40M, Anfernee is $26M), who cannot play together (unless Luka is injured)... that seems like really bad roster construction.

I think Collin Sexton @ $14m would be more suitable for this... i.e., to purely replace Kyrie, and not play as Kyrie-Sexton-Luka... because Sexton's salary is $14M and not $26m. Right person, at the right time, and the right salary.

PS: I don't really want Sexton... but he makes a heck of a lot more sense than Anfernee, is all I'm saying.

I will say it again for anyone who missed it - Luka + Kyrie is the Mavs for the next two seasons, i.e. until the summer of 2026. Luka paired with Kyrie, plus the stuff we group around them, is the Dallas Mavericks for that time span, and it's a winning combination. It's the winning combination.  Anyone trying to jettison Kyrie for any reason prior to that isn't much of a Mavs fan, and isn't much of a Luka fan. TBQH.