(02-19-2022, 02:58 PM)Mikelo Wrote: [ -> ]Reading that the Hornets offered Washinton+ future 1...on the deadline...apparently it was not accepted...
should've kept reading before posting
(02-19-2022, 05:06 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: [ -> ]It’s not for Miami.
Miami manages their contracts better than the Mavs under Donnie's rule. I mean he handed out 33 mil to Powell and 9 mil to Burke after a mild playoff run after he was out of the league. Failed to accumulate any sort of tangible assets in the 3 years since drafting Luka.
Meanwhile Pat Riley did the complete opposite and handed out smart contracts.
Don't get me wrong, if Deandre Ayton comes out tomorrow and says I want to play in Dallas and that's that, there'd be a way to get him on the Mavs. Just doesn't happen for Dallas like it does for Miami.
Joker isn't coming here so stop dreaming. If I had to pick between Dallas and Denver with neither not being an option, the choice would be obvious. Not that I think we should be worried, but Luka being under contract longer means almost nothing.
(02-20-2022, 01:43 PM)cow Wrote: [ -> ]Joker isn't coming here so stop dreaming. If I had to pick between Dallas and Denver with neither not being an option, the choice would be obvious. Not that I think we should be worried, but Luka being under contract longer means almost nothing.
You are being a complete buzz kill today
Maybe you should eat a Snickers bar
(02-20-2022, 05:11 PM)MFFL Wrote: [ -> ]You are being a complete buzz kill today
Maybe you should eat a Snickers bar
Looking at the reactions after the KP trade a more realistic approach is exactly what the board needs.
(02-20-2022, 01:43 PM)cow Wrote: [ -> ]Joker isn't coming here so stop dreaming. If I had to pick between Dallas and Denver with neither not being an option, the choice would be obvious. Not that I think we should be worried, but Luka being under contract longer means almost nothing.
I think the Mavs always had it in the back of their mind that they could trade Porzingis for Jokic 2023 (with both expiring in 2024), but nothing is worth more than Porzingis, so they just ended that experiment. Let´s be honest the Porter Jr. injury is a huge help for the Mavs.
Doncic
Brunson
Bullock
DFS
Jokic
How in the world do you defend that? Impossible. And don´t tell me the defense gets worse, if we replace Powell with Jokic.
Anyone know what Boston plans to do with Al Horford this offseason? He's owed 26.5m next year but only 14.5m is guaranteed. He's played well defensively, but it seems kind of hard to justify paying him the full salary, especially if they are in the luxury tax.
If Boston plans to waive him, this seems like a potential opportunity to move THJ. One more wing who can shoot would fit pretty well with their roster. From the Mavs perspective, waiving Horford might shed enough salary that they could re-sign Brunson and spend the taxpayer MLE without completely breaking the bank.
Making the trade legal is a little tricky as Horford would count as the full 26.5m incoming to Dallas, but only 14.5 outgoing from Boston. However, if I ran the numbers correctly Boston could simply add a minimum salary contract like Hauser (who??) in order to bring in THJ. And then Dallas could send a small contract like Burke or Brown to a 3rd team (absorbed into cap space or TPE) with some cash to make it work.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status...wcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.embedly.com%2Fwidgets%2Fmedia.html%3Ftype%3Dtext2Fhtmlkey%3Dcb7145f1731b4c328f8e4d2201854ceaschema%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fshamscharania%2Fstatus%2F1495815232605855748image%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Fabs.twimg.com%2Ferrors%2Flogo46x38.png
(02-19-2022, 02:33 PM)mvossman Wrote: [ -> ]My dream KP trade was Poeltl and White. Little did I realize how far off that was. Didn't Poeltl just get traded for significant assets? I doubt he is available for what we would have to offer.
Poeltl and DeRozan were traded for Kawhi, Danny Green, and a 1st round pick which turned out to be Keldon Johnson.
(02-21-2022, 02:16 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status...wcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.embedly.com%2Fwidgets%2Fmedia.html%3Ftype%3Dtext2Fhtmlkey%3Dcb7145f1731b4c328f8e4d2201854ceaschema%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fshamscharania%2Fstatus%2F1495815232605855748image%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Fabs.twimg.com%2Ferrors%2Flogo46x38.png
Nets are waiving Javon Carter to open a roster spot.
https://theathletic.com/3131848/2022/02/...l-injured/
Harper ranks the top 5.
McGee
Collins
Ayton
Sabonis
Holmes
For a brief moment in time, Richaun Holmes was flashing the ability to knock down a jumper. It happened in his second season in Philadelphia, as the Sixers were letting him and really anybody experiment with their skill set, as long as it helped development without affecting the tanking process. Since that season, in which he hit 27 of 77 (35.1 percent) 3-pointers, Holmes has kept it mostly inside the arc. He’s only attempted 47 3-pointers since then, and he’s only made eight of them. Holmes knows his bread is buttered at the rim, and that’s exactly where the Kings have tried to place him on the court.
The easiest way to do that? Run the pick-and-roll stuff with him as the screener, and watch him try to tear the rim down when somebody delivers him the ball. Holmes has only five possessions this season in which he’s popped to the perimeter and tried to score. He turned the ball over on three of those possessions. This is a man who uses his momentum to get to the rim, and he’s spectacular when he does.
The Kings put him in either high pick-and-rolls, or they run that action on the right side of the floor with him. When he rolls to the basket or slips the pick altogether, Holmes scores just over 133 points per 100 possessions. That’s incredible. However, he has a new teammate in town — the aforementioned Sabonis. Putting them both in the pick-and-roll a lot probably won’t happen much. Holmes is far more likely to extend on pick-and-pops than we are to see Sabonis knocking down those perimeter jumpers, even though Holmes hasn’t done it much over the past five seasons.
(02-22-2022, 10:47 AM)Hypermav Wrote: [ -> ]https://theathletic.com/3131848/2022/02/...l-injured/
Harper ranks the top 5.
McGee
Collins
Ayton
Sabonis
Holmes
For a brief moment in time, Richaun Holmes was flashing the ability to knock down a jumper. It happened in his second season in Philadelphia, as the Sixers were letting him and really anybody experiment with their skill set, as long as it helped development without affecting the tanking process. Since that season, in which he hit 27 of 77 (35.1 percent) 3-pointers, Holmes has kept it mostly inside the arc. He’s only attempted 47 3-pointers since then, and he’s only made eight of them. Holmes knows his bread is buttered at the rim, and that’s exactly where the Kings have tried to place him on the court.
The easiest way to do that? Run the pick-and-roll stuff with him as the screener, and watch him try to tear the rim down when somebody delivers him the ball. Holmes has only five possessions this season in which he’s popped to the perimeter and tried to score. He turned the ball over on three of those possessions. This is a man who uses his momentum to get to the rim, and he’s spectacular when he does.
The Kings put him in either high pick-and-rolls, or they run that action on the right side of the floor with him. When he rolls to the basket or slips the pick altogether, Holmes scores just over 133 points per 100 possessions. That’s incredible. However, he has a new teammate in town — the aforementioned Sabonis. Putting them both in the pick-and-roll a lot probably won’t happen much. Holmes is far more likely to extend on pick-and-pops than we are to see Sabonis knocking down those perimeter jumpers, even though Holmes hasn’t done it much over the past five seasons.
I would have felt a lot better about this TDL if we could have worked in a trade for Holmes. He is a distressed asset right now and would not have taken much. Would have made it a lot easier to stomach that Bertans contract. This team would be so much better with Holmes starting at center.
I think the article underrates the impact of good screeners. Looking at screen assists we have Gobert, Poeltl, Sabonis, Adams and Ayton leading the league.
Mavs could use another big but getting rid of KP was addition by subtraction when it comes to the pick and roll.
Powell 91.3 percentile
Kleber 91.8 percentile
Chriss 80.8 percentile
KP 50.5 percentile
With the added bonus that no one is clogging the paint or demanding post ups. Leading to an increased efficiency for pick and roll ballhandlers in the first few games since the trade.
(02-22-2022, 05:36 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: [ -> ]I think the article underrates the impact of good screeners. Looking at screen assists we have Gobert, Poeltl, Sabonis, Adams and Ayton leading the league.
Mavs could use another big but getting rid of KP was addition by subtraction when it comes to the pick and roll.
Powell 91.3 percentile
Kleber 91.8 percentile
Chriss 80.8 percentile
KP 50.5 percentile
With the added bonus that no one is clogging the paint or demanding post ups. Leading to an increased efficiency for pick and roll ballhandlers in the first few games since the trade.
Even as a big KP fan, I loathed how he set screens. I just never understood why he deliberately chose to slip the screen every time or worse, ignore the screen all together.
Injury avoidance? Shot hunting? A mix of both? Probably. In any case it was one of his worst skillsets, and what truly limited him the most playing with Luka imo.
(02-22-2022, 05:36 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: [ -> ]I think the article underrates the impact of good screeners. Looking at screen assists we have Gobert, Poeltl, Sabonis, Adams and Ayton leading the league.
Mavs could use another big but getting rid of KP was addition by subtraction when it comes to the pick and roll.
Powell 91.3 percentile
Kleber 91.8 percentile
Chriss 80.8 percentile
KP 50.5 percentile
With the added bonus that no one is clogging the paint or demanding post ups. Leading to an increased efficiency for pick and roll ballhandlers in the first few games since the trade.
I saw maybe 4 or 5 actual picks KP set during his entire time here. Can't call playing tag with the defenders a pick (they never played freeze tag unfortunately...maybe that was KP's problem, he thought they were) and you can't call it a pick just because you know that's what he's supposed to do.
(02-22-2022, 04:44 PM)mvossman Wrote: [ -> ]I would have felt a lot better about this TDL if we could have worked in a trade for Holmes.
Even better would have been to not have THJ on the team and have Holmes instead before the TDL.