(04-03-2021, 01:44 AM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: I know of a player who checks a lot of boxes for us, is worth a max contract, has a player option, and who's team will once again fail in the playoffs.

(04-03-2021, 02:01 AM)Branduil Wrote: Jrue? I feel like the ship has sailed there.

(04-03-2021, 02:14 AM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: His ship is sailing to Dallas 

(04-03-2021, 12:46 AM)F Gump Wrote: trading to essentially move an already-traded pick is something that might be new (don't recall ever seeing it),

(04-03-2021, 03:30 AM)omahen Wrote: Milwaukee just did it in the Tucker trade, for example

(04-02-2021, 06:01 PM)BasketballJones41 Wrote: The way I see it, Markkanen is already better and a more valuable asset than JRich or THJ. Then you add in the fact that he’s much younger and and still has quite a bit of upside that I believe he would reach in our system. Getting getting into specifics, I’ll try my best to explain my reasoning but I’m really bad at this format so sorry in advance:

Offense: I think the potential two-man game between Luka/Lauri would be everything that we hoped we were getting with Luka/KP. He sets excellent screens and rolls hard to the basket. He can also pull up from anywhere on the floor. I also believe that he could play off of Luka and KP because he moves really well without the ball and he would give them all kinds of space. I think about the debates that we had last year over who should be starting between Maxi and DP. DP was a great screen and roll man but he provided no spacing. Maxi gave you the spacing but he didn’t consistently set quality screens and roll to the basket. Markkanen gives you both of their skill sets all rolled into one on steroids. Plus I love the idea of Luka having 2 7 ft snipers out there creating room for him.

Defense: I actually think he has a lot of untapped potential here. When I watch him play he seems to move his feet really well. And he’s got the quickness to stay in front of smaller players. that was actually even in one of his scouting reports coming out of college. Basically I think he could do a lot of what Maxi does minus the shot blocking. I also think that he would improve our rebounding. His second year in the league he grabbed 25% of available defensive rebounds. I see no reason why he can’t do that here. 

What I can’t wrap my head around is why anybody has watched the season up to this point and is still interested in running it back with Jrich. I’ve seen enough to know that I don’t want that dude back at all. So if the price of playing the restricted free agent game is losing him then I think it’s a risk worth taking. 

I’d rather work on ways to sign Markkanen and keep Hardaway.

(04-03-2021, 09:17 AM)ClutchDirk Wrote: https://stathead.com/tiny/KK7bt

(04-03-2021, 12:59 PM)Kammrath Wrote: It's not even close. And I hate to do "I told you so" but I was telling this board that Kemba was a HORRIBLE idea for months. 

If the Mavs really thought he was a good plan and weren't just allowing his agent to use them for leverage (as my theory was), THEN the MBT has some serious issues IMO. Prioritizing Kemba was always a massive mistake if it was real.

(04-03-2021, 01:07 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I mean Kemba is injured right now, you know that right?

(04-03-2021, 01:07 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I don't see why we have to tear another player down to prop another one up.

(04-03-2021, 01:11 PM)Kammrath Wrote: I stated the summer of Kemba's free agency that he was going to be an injury liability for the rest of his career, over and over, and that he was going to decline rapidly once he hit 30 and 22,000+ mins for his career.

(04-03-2021, 01:56 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I am not sold on J Rich. He just looks like JAG out there. Are we sure Mavs shouldn't start Brunson? I wonder ab a Luka/Brunson/DFS/Maxi/KP lineup.

Also is Brunson our third core young piece that's been overlooked? I know he is seen as more of a scorer but at 25 mpg he still gets out 3 apg. CJ and Dame have been able to co-exist for many years.

• Damien / Luka - comparable MVP guards with ice in their veins.
  
• McCollum / Brunson could slide into that second scorer creator role. Already is doing that in the 4th quarter many nights and allowing Luka to do more off-ball movement.
  
• Powell / THJ - Powell is a better scorer but also has been inconsistent. I like the Mavs going with defense in Maxi and bringing THJ of the bench
  
• RoCo / DFS - Similar roles, RoCo does it better and is shooting better but DFS does a lot of good things for the Mavs. I think DFS is an important glue guy.
  
• Nurkic / KP - Games are a little bit different. Both guys are injury prone. I think KP is a much better all-around player.
  

(04-03-2021, 02:08 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I'm kinda getting there on JRich. At times he looks like JAG, but others he actually puts the ball down and makes a play.

He isn't a prolific scorer, but he's shooting nearly 54% on 2 pointers. He had some great drives in that NYK game last night. Plus his defense is needed. 

I don't think he's playing himself into a big contract (which is fine by me), but I also don't think he's unvaluable.