(06-25-2025, 06:34 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: With the Kyrie resign Dallas has the tax level MLE and can also aggregate salaries for a trade.  Which of these two do you think are more important to the team?

(06-25-2025, 06:58 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Nothing is off the table.  Every thing we've talked about...trade for picks, trade for players (big ones like Jrue and small ones like Lonzo) are still on the table.  The math works out that not trading anyone and just signing someone to the Taxpayer MLE appears to fit.  But, it was always going to be that way if Kyrie did what so many expected.  The position we are in means we aren't dependent upon the kindness of another team to fill the roster.  We are dependent on a free agent to take our money, but that shouldn't be too hard.

To answer your question, I hope it is the latter.  I'm not infatuated with any of the FA guards out there.  The roster is unbalanced and signing a single fill-in guard doesn't do it for me.  I hope our financial position lets us negotiate out of strength.  

The news about Kai Jones is encouraging.  I like his upside if his head is right.  It means something else may happen.  Maybe a two for one?  Since we have to send more than we take back, a two for one requires that we send $2.3mm more than we take back so that we can fill the open slot (presumably with Jones).  It has been reported that we want to get into the draft again. Maybe its a three for one with a player and a pick coming back (and Jones to fill the last spot created by the imbalanced trade).  I can even see scenarios where we get under the first apron.

Like I said, nothing we've talked about is off the table in terms of concept.  Gafford to Atlanta for 11 is gone, but even a Jrue trade is still possible.

(06-25-2025, 07:30 AM)Winter Wrote: All sort of stats here may be one-offs.

Chris Paul played 82 games. Do we think that will happen again?
Malcolm Brogden had his worse season ever (by far) but it was with the Wizards and recovering from injury

Tyus Jones and Schroeder are probably the most reliable projections statistically (although Tyus Jones defensive rating went way down in Phoenix)

Also:

"The Kings are viewed as a leading suitor for free agent point guard Dennis Schröder, according to league sources who have spoken to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link)."

(06-25-2025, 07:22 AM)Smitty Wrote: I did a quick comparison of the FA point guards mentioned. I added Tyus Jones myself. The Per 36 numbers for each player from last season. 
I didn't dig deep or try to manipulate the numbers by pulling averages over the last 2-3 seasons or whatever. Just black and white numbers from the most recent season for comparisons sake. Anything stand out or concern you more than others?

(06-25-2025, 07:53 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Thanks for the graph.  Any chance you could add BWill and Exum for comparison?  Lonzo?

(06-25-2025, 12:47 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: 1  A potential trade of Hardy, Powell, Martin gets you to Sexton.

2  Also we can just trade a future 1st, if we really like a guard in this draft. What good will the Lakers 2029 pick be, if ...

(06-25-2025, 08:09 AM)F Gump Wrote: 1 The Mavs have apparently decided (and rightly so, imo) that the hit to their limited payroll for filling the role of temp PG starter needs to be 6M, not 20M. Personally, I believe they will get just as much utility from the 6M guy, but in any event, that's what's in their budget. You only have so much payroll to go around.

2 In this draft, there are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more efficient ways to get a back of the 1st pick instead of wasting the LAL pick. They will be for sale and it should be a buyer's market, because multiple teams have more of them than they really want. IF the Mavs really want one, that is. (I'm guessing they might trade Martin to someone for a FRP.)

(06-24-2025, 11:37 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: It’s weird to feel weird about watching the front office navigate this offseason well.

Could literally just draft Flagg, sign D’Lo (not a fan but you could do a lot worse given the situation) and extend PJ to a fair but tradeable contract like Gafford and the offseason will have been solid. Was certain they’d have to trade someone for a guard but now that’s not even that necessary.

(06-25-2025, 09:00 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: 1A. I believe they want Sexton for Powell + Hardy + Martin, the T-MLE and maybe an additional late 1st. 

I´m sure there are ways to do this trade and retain the T-MLE by correct sequencing of the events and using only parts of the T-MLE, that`I´m far too lazy to calculate until somebody pays me to do it.

1B  In reality there is an overkill at forward and center. It just makes no sense to keep Powell and Martin, and even both Marshall and Klay is questionable. 

Russell/Irving/Williams
Sexton/Christie/Late 1st round pick
Flagg/Marshall/Thompson
Davis/Washington/Omax
Lively/Gafford/Jones

2. I simply used the future asset as an example for people that think it´s necessary to give up Gafford or even Washington to get the additional pick. Obviously it all depends on how high the pick, how much you rate the available talent and how much the value of the future asset. But to me keeping Washington and getting a Traore/Denim (if you believe in their high ceilings) is much more interesting than preserving that future pick, especially with the Lakers new owners and the pending Bron retirement. Lakers have only 13M in guaranteed contracts for 2027/2028. If they keep that clean, they could easily build a superteam around Luka by the time the pick converts.

(06-25-2025, 09:00 AM)DallasMaverick Wrote: I’m right on the verge of renaming my cat from “Luka” to “Nico”.

(06-25-2025, 06:58 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Nothing is off the table.  Every thing we've talked about...trade for picks, trade for players (big ones like Jrue and small ones like Lonzo) are still on the table.  The math works out that not trading anyone and just signing someone to the Taxpayer MLE appears to fit.  But, it was always going to be that way if Kyrie did what so many expected.  The position we are in means we aren't dependent upon the kindness of another team to fill the roster.  We are dependent on a free agent to take our money, but that shouldn't be too hard.

To answer your question, I hope it is the latter.  I'm not infatuated with any of the FA guards out there.  The roster is unbalanced and signing a single fill-in guard doesn't do it for me.  I hope our financial position lets us negotiate out of strength.  

The news about Kai Jones is encouraging.  I like his upside if his head is right.  It means something else may happen.  Maybe a two for one?  Since we have to send more than we take back, a two for one requires that we send $2.3mm more than we take back so that we can fill the open slot (presumably with Jones).  It has been reported that we want to get into the draft again. Maybe its a three for one with a player and a pick coming back (and Jones to fill the last spot created by the imbalanced trade).  I can even see scenarios where we get under the first apron.

Like I said, nothing we've talked about is off the table in terms of concept.  Gafford to Atlanta for 11 is gone, but even a Jrue trade is still possible.

(06-25-2025, 10:01 AM)Smitty Wrote: Working through a potential 10-man rotation if all they did was draft Flagg and add a PG for TPMLE.

Russell* 26 | Williams 22
Klay 23 | Christie 22
Flagg 30 | Naji 18
Davis 34 | PJW 25
Gafford 20 | Lively 20

DNP-CD: Hardy, Martin, OMax, Powell
Injured: Kyrie

(06-25-2025, 10:07 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: As much as I enjoyed B-Will last season, I don’t think he’s ready to be the lead guard off the bench at 20+mpg for a team with championship aspirations.

I’d trust Exum more, despite the injury concerns. But seeing this, I do think we need 1 more guard in addition to the TPMLE guy.

(06-25-2025, 10:12 AM)mvossman Wrote: I'm surprised there is not more love for Tyus Jones.  He shot over 40% from 3 the last two years on decent volume and he has a crazy 5-1 assist to turnover ratio.  He has been very healthy over his career and has handled significant minutes.  You can't play him next to Kyrie, but he seems like the perfect tax MLE option to take Kyrie role and then seamlessly move into his backup role.