(03-20-2021, 06:02 PM)cow Wrote: Consistency

(03-20-2021, 06:06 PM)omahen Wrote: In the 40 games he played this season it was only 6 times he scored less than 10 points. In first 40 games of last season there were 11 games he scored less than 10 points.

(03-20-2021, 03:54 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I am against any free agency pipe dreams. Just not going to happen. The difference between the Suns and the Mavs is pretty obvious. They had and still have more assets. They could afford to give up a pick for CP3. They have more young talent and more picks. Suns did not rush the rebuild.
Mavs on the other hand have two tradeable 1sts (if they lift the restrictions on the 2025 1st). Luka and KP won´t be traded. Ignoring both Brunson is probably the most valuable asset and most posters want to keep him.

(03-20-2021, 06:08 PM)cow Wrote: He didn't start the first 13 games last season.  He played better once he became a starter.  He's making 18.9 million this year.  10 points is a very strange litmus test.

(03-20-2021, 06:13 PM)omahen Wrote: Well I am sorry, but you didn't provide any data to back up your theory he is less consistent. Data I prsented actually show he is more consistent. And personally I like what I see this season, that's why I replied to you. He looks better defensively and he is way more aggresive on offense - more drives to the basket, not just shooting. Lifting team with aggresive dunks almost every game now.

(03-20-2021, 06:15 PM)cow Wrote: Scoring more than 10 points a game is crappy data.

(03-20-2021, 05:38 PM)Tyler Wrote: https://twitter.com/CallieCaplan/status/1373402129218609156
https://twitter.com/dalton_trigg/status/1373388060285603848

(03-20-2021, 06:58 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Roby lasted a year and a half I think before he got dumped to OKC.

If Terry is already on the outs I could see him moved. He is on the 15 man roster. Mavs already had the extra high 2nd used on Bey who doesn't take up a roster spot so I could see Terry moved for a more useful role player or prospect.

(03-21-2021, 12:15 AM)MFFL Wrote: Roby was only with us for six months before we dumped him to acquire the corpse of Randolph

(03-21-2021, 12:15 AM)MFFL Wrote: Roby was only with us for six months before we dumped him to acquire the corpse of Randolph

(03-20-2021, 04:18 PM)omahen Wrote: KP trade was awesome, I would repeat it 100 times out of 100. As a plus it turned out that THJ contract actually isn't all that bad, he is actually a very solid player. There is no turning back from this point. Mavs have a very solid base of 7 players. I don't believe our picks/rookies and expiring contracts aren't enough to add one piece in the starting lineup. Then add the second piece with MLE. The art of course is to nail those final two pieces of the puzzle.

(03-21-2021, 01:19 AM)F Gump Wrote: Yes as to the timing. But no as to why.

Mavs needed a roster spot opened up, and he was the bottom of the totem pole. So he was swapped for a cheaper player (Justin Patton) who was then waived ...

...the point of it being, they needed that roster spot to be able to get W Cauley-Stein (GS wasn't interested in taking back any salary, since they were buried in tax and trying to lower their payroll).

(03-21-2021, 09:47 AM)MFFL Wrote: Wrong year

We traded Roby on Jan of 2019, we traded for WCS on Jan 2020

(03-21-2021, 09:29 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'd probably say we have 8 players with Willie Cauley-Powell serving as backup C.  So, in an 8 man rotation, bigs are KP, Maxi and WCP.  Wings are JRich, THJ and DFS and Ball handlers are Luka and Brunson.

I've long thought that the best use of assets is to trade for a keeper piece now and operate over the cap in the summer using the full MLE on another.  The fairly recent conversations about a trade that removes Powell from the cap probably provides an alternative.  You can keep one of THJ/JRich and add a FA this summer (so you don't have to lose future picks/rookies).  But, you don't get the full MLE unless you trade match for someone this summer.

That's the when, the next question is who.  Roland Beech used to be the Mav's advanced stats guy.  His site, 82games.com has a two part "simple rating" that measures production relative to one's on-court counterpart and On/Off.  You have to be careful with On/Off because who a player is replaced by makes a big difference.  You have to be careful with relative production because scheme can have an impact (especially for bigs).  WCP is (are) the worst on the team by Beech's Simple Rating.  Both impact the team quite positively on an On/Off basis, but get destroyed in relative production.  The other glaring issue is Richardson.  He holds his own vs. his positional opponent, but gets killed in On/Off.

Almost all of us look at this team and see different things as needs.  Tim Cato's recent trade piece rated 1. Elite Perimeter D, 2. Elite Perimeter Shooting and 3. Elite Shot Creation as those needs.  As much as I'd like to combine Willie Cauley and Powell into a single guy to play that role, KP's health probably demands there be two of them and there isn't a backup Center out there who solves the issues Cato has listed.  As far as TDL and Free Agency are concerned, I think it comes down to moving DFS or JRich.  I read more than one person recently say they wouldn't trade JRich for such-and-such.  I'm not sure I agree.  If we are being honest, Delon Wright put up much better numbers last year while being similarly bad in On/Off.  We couldn't move on from him fast enough.

JRich provides Elite Defensive reputation, though the D is actually better when he sits (same is true with DFS).  But, JRich kills us on Shot Creation and Perimeter Shooting at a position that should provide both.  He's the 79th rated SG by RPM.  If you look at the list of guards who make positive contributions compared to Power Wings, it would be much easier to find an upgrade for JRich than an upgrade for DFS.   So, I'm starting to take notice more of the rumors around Lonzo, Lowry, Fournier, Hill and Graham.

(03-21-2021, 09:29 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'd probably say we have 8 players with Willie Cauley-Powell serving as backup C.  So, in an 8 man rotation, bigs are KP, Maxi and WCP.  Wings are JRich, THJ and DFS and Ball handlers are Luka and Brunson.

(03-21-2021, 10:43 AM)dynamicalVoid Wrote: Good post as usual.

Can I ask this forum to help me with the DFS vs JRich debate? Seems majority want to trade JRich.