(02-16-2025, 06:40 PM)F Gump Wrote: Not now. They don't have enough hard cap money for a ROS until there's only a couple weeks left.

Obviously Wood isn't of any interest anyhow, but I suspect that Edwards or Williams might be. (They only have roster room for 1 at the most.)

(02-16-2025, 09:30 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Re: Wood...  he's more of a need than Edwards or Williams right now.  Not so much when our entire frontcourt returns.  He does stretch the floor big time.

(02-13-2025, 04:58 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Thanks for having the self awareness to even ask the question.  It is going to take some work on all of our parts to keep this board a place of intelligent conversation.  We know from the C Wood and Brunson conversations of years past how easy it is to snipe at the 'misinformed' or beat our chests anytime something happens that 'proves' our well established positions.  And this SOOOO much bigger than those situations.  

Hopefully we are all trying to read the room and understand that people are going to be hurting for some time to come.  Hopefully those still hurting will be tolerant of those who have moved on and want to talk about something other than how dumb Nico is.

(02-16-2025, 09:57 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Mike Curtis (@MikeACurtis2)
Who would be Cade Cunningham’s dream opponent in a game of horse?

“I’ll say Dirk,” said the first-time All-Star.


Ok, I am ready to plot how to get Cade Cunningham into a Mavs jersey

(02-17-2025, 08:52 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: It is funny.  Luka is worth Cade and multiple first round picks in a trade.  Although, I wouldn't be surprised if you called Detroit and offered Luka straight up for Cade that they would turn that down.

(02-17-2025, 10:34 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: There is no shot they'd EVER turn that down.

Detroit would laugh thinking you were crazy and checking their calendar to see if it was April 1st. I wonder what Detroit's best package would've been. 

Cade+Thompson+27+29+31FRPs+ 2-3 2nds? 

Is that better than AD+Christie+2029?

(02-17-2025, 10:43 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Respectfully, I disagree. 

I agree Detroit would probably agree that Luka is a better player than Cunningham, but I'm not so sure they'd have been into that deal. For one thing, they're busy building around Cunningham the way we thought Dallas was busy building around Luka, and are probably starting to feel optimistic that the endeavor has some potential. But the real reason I buy Chicago's premise is that once the super max is off the table for Luka (which it would've been, regardless of where he was traded), he's basically unburdened by any type of criteria for choosing where to play other than where he wants to live. Maybe I'm wrong, but I imagine there's a 0% chance he stays in Detroit very long at all, and I assume the Pistons' brass would very quickly reach a similar conclusion. 

This will be another in a long line of unpopular sentiments from me, but once you wrap your head around trading Luka at all, it's kind of easy to understand how they arrived at the deal they got. The reality is that you weren't going to get the kind of value for him we'd have expected without shedding any sort of "win-now" aspirations. There are so many players out there we'd have wanted who I just don't think we can assume were gettable in this particular situation, despite not being as good as Luka.

(02-17-2025, 11:29 AM)SleepingHero Wrote:

Lots of moments between Kyrie and KD last night.

(02-18-2025, 09:34 AM)michaeltex Wrote: But OKC, Nets, and PHX never made it even to the finals with KD leading.

(02-18-2025, 10:11 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: @DimeAlerts
REPORT: NBA executive believes the Grizzlies could potentially look to move Ja Morant this summer, per @HowardBeck


“I'm constantly checking in with executives around trade deadline about like, okay, what we saw, what we didn't see, what's next, and in this league, you are always on the lookout for who's the next wave of stars that are going to get dealt, right?… Somebody out of the blue said, keep an eye on Ja [Morant] this summer… I’m just saying it’s one of those things I’m just kind of keeping an eye on if they were to flame out early.”

(02-18-2025, 10:12 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: @LegionHoops
BREAKING: The Mavericks have dreams of adding Kevin Durant next to Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.

(via @sam_amick,@davidaldridgedc,@anthonyVslater)

(02-18-2025, 10:30 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I think KD is still damn good.  For how much longer though?  Also, unless I am missing something it will take a ton of players to get to his salary.   For that, I think it is going to be really tough.  

As much as I like PJ and Gafford, and I really want to see how they fit with the current team.  If a trade was possible to include them and draft picks for KD while keeping our depth, than that would be intriguing.  Although, it sounds like the depth would go out the window too.  That is too much for me.

Quote:F Gump

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That having been said, I can fashion a trade that does add KD and leaves a core of talent for 2025, allowing for hard cap room under Apron 2 to fill the roster back up, and the result would look like this. 

Outgoing in KD trade (about $12M of which would have to go to a facilitating 3rd team) would be
Klay, Gafford, Martin, Marshall, Powell, OMax, Hardy, 2025 1st, other draft capital

The 2025 Mavs roster then looks like this:

C -  Lively, minimum, minimum
PF - AD, Edwards (minimum), minimum
SF - KD, PJW [backs up both forwards], minimum
SG - Christie, minimum, minimum
PG - Kyrie, Exum ($7M), Williams (minimum)