(06-30-2022, 08:32 AM)Okstate819 Wrote: The Harris contract is not a problem if your sending out the Bertans and THJ contracts.  Harris would sort of classify as a "big wing" although not in the sense that he is playing the Maxi role on D. 

(06-30-2022, 08:26 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't think Dallas wants a $40 million non all star power forward. And, I'm just not sure Dinwiddie, Thybulle, Dragic, Green and Ntilikina provides for the kind of spacing you need to get the juice out of Doncic you need.

(06-30-2022, 08:26 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't think Dallas wants a $40 million non all star power forward. And, I'm just not sure Dinwiddie, Thybulle, Dragic, Green and Ntilikina provides for the kind of spacing you need to get the juice out of Doncic you need.

(06-30-2022, 08:35 AM)mvossman Wrote: Your starting lineup would be Wood/Harris/Dorian/Bullock/Doncic.  That would be elite offensively and a ton of size/switchability on defense.  Your bench is Powell/Maxi/Thybulle/Din/Dragic.  That it is a solid group.  Spacing would be limited, but you are mixing and matching with the starting unit.  We would also be in a much better shape from a long term cap standpoint.

(06-30-2022, 08:26 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't think Dallas wants a $40 million non all star power forward. And, I'm just not sure Dinwiddie, Thybulle, Dragic, Green and Ntilikina provides for the kind of spacing you need to get the juice out of Doncic you need.

(06-30-2022, 08:42 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't know why we do this to ourselves. 

You guys really expect a team so worried about the LT they won't re-sign Brunson, their own homegrown player, to bring in a guy who makes $40 million for the next two years? 

I think there is a 0% chance that happens, personally. I know you guys hate Bertans' contract, but I think the Mavs believe it represents an improvement from the Porzingis contract, and you'd have them jump right back into a similar situation. I admit that Harris would fit better than Porzingis did, and trust me - I see what you guys are thinking with the trade. I just don't think it would happen.

(06-30-2022, 08:49 AM)Okstate819 Wrote: The Mavs would do cartwheels to get off the $36 million owed to THJ/Bertans per year for the next 3 years and bring in two quality rotation players at the same time.

(06-30-2022, 08:52 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: But here's one: I think the entire premise of shopping THJ this summer is based on the assumption (by the Mavs and by us) that Brunson was returning. If he doesn't, I believe THJ will not even be traded.

(06-30-2022, 09:04 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I hope I'm wrong, and there's something big coming, but what I expect at this point:

--some type of trade involving either Powell or Bertans, possibly using Green as a sweetener of some type, that either removes their salary completely or drastically reduces it in order to get under the tax. I think the best possible version of this trade could bring back a wing or forward they believe they can play, but it probably won't be a player people here will be excited about. 

--a Dragic signing, possibly for much more salary than we're expecting, to the point where people here are surprised and don't see it as a positive.

--a small signing (like McGee, but not him, necessarily) as a backup big. They will give multiple years, just like WCS, and people won't like that, probably. 

--go to war with our boys in blue

I think we're all going to see soon that the best outcome for this off season, by far, would've been re-signing Brunson.

(06-30-2022, 08:42 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't know why we do this to ourselves. 

You guys really expect a team so worried about the LT they won't re-sign Brunson, their own homegrown player, to bring in a guy who makes $40 million for the next two years? 

I think there is a 0% chance that happens, personally. I know you guys hate Bertans' contract, but I think the Mavs believe it represents an improvement from the Porzingis contract, and you'd have them jump right back into a similar situation. I admit that Harris would fit better than Porzingis did, and trust me - I see what you guys are thinking with the trade. I just don't think it would happen.

(06-30-2022, 09:10 AM)mvossman Wrote: I agree with all of this except the first one.  Green is not near enough to get off of Bertans, and I would be pissed if they send out Green just to avoid tax on one year of Powell (who might have value at the TDL as an expiring).

(06-30-2022, 09:05 AM)Okstate819 Wrote: ESPN puts Colin Sexton's projected salary range at only $12-14 million. That's a steal if locked in on a 3-4 yr deal. Think of this as the redo on the Brunson extension. Of course we would have to get in the mix via s&t with CLE and not sure why they wouldn't match considering he's a RFA.