(07-30-2021, 01:26 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Just a question and would like to hear other answers.  What do you think gives you the best chance of signing Lowry?

a) Working with his agent to secure Lowry and Hardaway together on the Mavs

b) Working to sign Lowry with the intention of pairing him back up with his buddy Derozan

Either situation would be really tight and the Mavs would need to work some magic.   Hardaway may be the better fit due to his outside scoring, but Derozan is the better player but the fit may not be as perfect.  

Curious, which option would be more appealing to Lowry. Personally night re-signing Hardaway may be something the agent really dislikes, but it may put you in the lead for Lowry if you also brought his buddy here.

(07-30-2021, 01:31 PM)omahe Wrote: I think that Sac-Mem alleged proposal makes no sense, there must be other pieces involved that were not mentioned. If you are Memphis and you have Sac offer of Bagley (9 mil) and #9 for Valanciunas and #17, do you really prefer 2 years of Adams and Bledsoe at 35 mil and #10? I am certain that offer was not on the table.

(07-30-2021, 01:46 PM)F Gump Wrote: I assume the SAC offer looked like the NO offer, with pick 17 heading back the other way, and taking Bagley being the price for MEM to move up from 17 to 9. Like the NO deal, MEM was willing to take on salary.

As for why they would prefer the NO offer, the Grizz are looking for paths to win now. Adams gives them a very useful player at center to replace JV, probably a starter. Bagley is just dead weight.

(07-30-2021, 02:13 PM)omahen Wrote: Taking 9 mil of salary instead of 50 mil is a no brainer.

(07-30-2021, 02:32 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Who do we need to dump to have enough money for Lowry + THJ? Only Dwight answers please.

(07-30-2021, 03:01 PM)Thukydides Wrote:

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My understanding is that we can´t keep THJ and sign Lowry into space. So wouldn´t this be the only possible way?

(07-30-2021, 03:10 PM)F Gump Wrote: There would have to be outgoing salary in some fashion. A sign-and-trade for Lowry is the most efficient way to do it. Powell-JRich is one possibility for the salary matching if it's an over-cap trade, and perhaps one of the simplest. But there are a lot of other ways to skin that cat.

(07-30-2021, 03:15 PM)Thukydides Wrote: Raptors will not eat Powell.

(07-30-2021, 03:17 PM)DrMav Wrote: As much as a lot of people want to get rid of him, Dwight is still a good guy and no one wants him to be cannibalized.

(07-30-2021, 03:19 PM)Hogmelon Wrote: Yeah, but Raptors gotta eat.

(07-30-2021, 01:11 PM)Hogmelon Wrote: So, in your opinion, there are only two possibilities for the future of the Dallas Mavericks:

1.  The Mavericks will sign free agent Kyle Lowry; or

2.  "Apocalyptically bad" shit will happen.

Wow.  That sounds awfully dramatic.

(07-30-2021, 03:39 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: What I'm saying is, the other main free agents seem not to want to come here (except Norman Powell, but we'll choose THJ over him, because evidently the defensive end of the floor is a figment of we fans' imagination ) or are spoken for elsewhere. It appears that if we don't get Lowry, we will be gleaning scraps - not like Holmes, but rather MLE-types that we'll pay the amount of money we ought to paying THJ. This is the final year before Luka's max. To have that happen would be an epic fail. We would be going into next season (and the years to come) with a very slightly superior roster to last year's poopshow. We have two decent NBA starters in Luka and DFS. Last time I checked, NBA teams need five. Three or four would be nice all things considered. 

So, yeah, Lowry, or unmitigated disaster, or Scott41 is (very improbably but very happily) wrong.

(07-30-2021, 11:02 AM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1421133956007743488

(07-30-2021, 03:15 PM)Thukydides Wrote: Raptors will not eat Powell. There would have to be some incentive for them.

(07-30-2021, 04:09 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Prob like Brunson. The bigger problem is talking Lowry into the Mavs if Heat are in the mix. 

Lakers are out on DMR. Who other than the Knicks would be hot for DMR? I wish Mavs would go after him especially if they can get a good deal.

(07-30-2021, 08:54 AM)omahen Wrote: Draft night gave some action but there is still a lot open:
- Sexton is still in Cleveland
- looks like Charlotte is out of Holmes game, but might still do a trade (Turner?)
- Chicago still doesn't have a PG or cap space to sign FA one
- GSW didn't pull of a win now move
- Houston drafted two young centers. Could Wood be on the move?
- Indy was active but no real changes to their core
- Minnesota now needs a back up PG
- Portland didn't do anything yet and I guess it will be a tough sell to Lillard that running it back is best way forward
- Kings lost big time imho. Obviously wants to part with Bagley and Hield yet both are still there. Didn't create space to keep Holmes yet. They still have same limited team with probably toxic locker room
- Washington is building a big three of Beal, Hachimura and Dinwiddie that is hardly impressive. 

So we can expect many more trades.