(07-02-2025, 03:30 PM)Jmaciscool Wrote: Makes sense to me.  I'd prefer no big moves until we see what we have to know what we need.

(07-02-2025, 03:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This is pretty huge. 

I hope it's not just a simple waiving of Williams, and there's something better coming to clear the way (without involving a pick).

(07-02-2025, 03:27 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I heard something I hadn't seen anywhere on ESPN clip just now.  Nico signed DLo for Nike out of Ohio State 10 years ago.

Legler commented that he thought Dallas might make its BIG move next season instead of this season.  Get Kyrie back, see how he is and decide what you need.  Not a terrible theory.

(07-02-2025, 04:18 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: This time a year from now, Klay, Naji and Hardy are $33mm worth of expiring (or TO) contracts

(07-02-2025, 04:30 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Seems like a year from now, they'll have a much better picture of each one's value to the team, and team needs.

I'll predict that Klay is done, but Marshall will retain value.

(07-02-2025, 06:07 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I can't believe they will release B will to get him on a two way. 

(07-02-2025, 06:31 PM)F Gump Wrote: Are you reporting news?

If you are only trying to understand Exum fit,  I heard "Omax outgoing via trade tbd" is their goal. Deadline isn't until Oct and I suspect other trades besides a pure player dump are likely being explored too. 

Obviously waiving BW is an easy backup plan but I think they will keep him and find a diff solution somehow.

(07-02-2025, 03:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This is pretty huge. 

I hope it's not just a simple waiving of Williams, and there's something better coming to clear the way (without involving a pick).

(07-02-2025, 04:18 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: This time a year from now, Klay, Naji and Hardy are $33mm worth of expiring (or TO) contracts

(07-02-2025, 03:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This is pretty huge. 

I hope it's not just a simple waiving of Williams, and there's something better coming to clear the way (without involving a pick).

(07-03-2025, 06:34 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: If I were trying to have this level of expiring contracts for outgoing next summer (along with picks), then I’d be focused on Powell, OMax and Martin as the outgoing in any deal now.  We hear a lot about Powell and OMax.  We don’t hear much about Martin.  

But, if you think about it, he’s probably the one most impacted by our lottery luck.  Cooper Flagg pushes him out of the top 10 in the rotation with everyone healthy.  Someone taken around #11 wouldn’t have done that.  Obviously, they didn’t know they were getting Flagg and envisioned a bigger role for Martin than the one that is available.  I just wonder why we don’t hear more from Stein et al about Martin.  Martin + either OMax or Powell would fit into another teams MLE…but how has an MLE and two open roster spots at this point.

(07-03-2025, 05:23 AM)Winter Wrote: Shamgod gone...

"As expected, Mavericks player development coach God Shammgod has reached a deal with the Magic to become an assistant on Jamahl Mosley‘s staff, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Rumors about Orlando’s interest in Shammgod, who had been in Dallas since 2019, had circulated since mid-June".

..."With Shammgod departing, keep an eye on Phil Handy and Mike Penberthy as possible candidates to join the Mavericks‘ staff under Jason Kidd, according to Stein (Twitter links). Both Handy and Penberthy were part of the Lakers’ staff alongside Kidd when Frank Vogel – Dallas’ new lead assistant – was the head coach in Los Angeles."

(07-03-2025, 09:08 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Kidd will have a totally new coaching staff. Interesting. He and Frank Vogel are attached at the hip.

(07-03-2025, 09:12 AM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: His time is done. No more excuses.

(07-03-2025, 05:23 AM)Winter Wrote: Shamgod gone...

"As expected, Mavericks player development coach God Shammgod has reached a deal with the Magic to become an assistant on Jamahl Mosley‘s staff, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Rumors about Orlando’s interest in Shammgod, who had been in Dallas since 2019, had circulated since mid-June".

..."With Shammgod departing, keep an eye on Phil Handy and Mike Penberthy as possible candidates to join the Mavericks‘ staff under Jason Kidd, according to Stein (Twitter links). Both Handy and Penberthy were part of the Lakers’ staff alongside Kidd when Frank Vogel – Dallas’ new lead assistant – was the head coach in Los Angeles."

(07-03-2025, 06:34 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: If I were trying to have this level of expiring contracts for outgoing next summer (along with picks), then I’d be focused on Powell, OMax and Martin as the outgoing in any deal now.  We hear a lot about Powell and OMax.  We don’t hear much about Martin.  

But, if you think about it, he’s probably the one most impacted by our lottery luck.  Cooper Flagg pushes him out of the top 10 in the rotation with everyone healthy.  Someone taken around #11 wouldn’t have done that.  Obviously, they didn’t know they were getting Flagg and envisioned a bigger role for Martin than the one that is available.  I just wonder why we don’t hear more from Stein et al about Martin.  Martin + either OMax or Powell would fit into another teams MLE…but how has an MLE and two open roster spots at this point.

(07-03-2025, 09:12 AM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: His time is done. No more excuses.

(07-03-2025, 06:56 AM)Smitty Wrote: That's why I've moved off of thinking the Mavs would use Gafford for an upgrade and thought more about where Martin could go. To me it's probably less about 'positional need', I just think it's a consolidation of players for a clear upgrade to the top 10, while also clearing a roster spot(s). That's why I've been focused on the Herb Jones deal. 

The Pels roster is just as unbalanced as the Mavs, except I think the Mavs want, and like their current construction. I don't see Nico going after a ball-dominant guard any time soon, just a 6'5+ legit 2-way kind of guy.