(05-14-2021, 01:52 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Kemba will be on the Mavs next year.

(05-14-2021, 08:33 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: FIFY below.

Holmes   Powell
KP          Maxi
DFS        rMLE
THJ        Green
Luka       Brunson

BTW, if you go that route, you are going to need a knock down 3 point shooter for the rMLE to keep Green and Powell on the floor at the same time.  Can't help you with the THJ starting thing.  That is the way the conversation goes when he's on a hot streak and Carlisle is starting him.  Give it some time and we will play a different game...actually, we've been playing that game for months.  Who can we get at SG assuming THJ is still here as a 6th/7th man.


 

(05-14-2021, 01:52 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Go ahead and come at me, but Kemba will be on the Mavs next year.

(05-14-2021, 02:53 PM)Kammrath Wrote:

(05-14-2021, 11:46 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: The guys I am looking at are Dinwiddie and Dragic. 

(05-14-2021, 03:32 PM)F Gump Wrote: You keep beating the drum for Dinwiddie, and I don't see anything in what he has to offer that makes any sense in Dallas.

He can't shoot. He can't defend. And now, on top of those, he's rehabbing from being badly injured.

He's really the classic case of the player who was able to amass some numbers on a bad team - because, someone has to get some numbers. In Dallas, he'd really upgrade nothing in the equation. Hard pass for me.

(05-14-2021, 03:38 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/3-michael-finley-glenn-james.jpg

(05-14-2021, 12:42 PM)mvossman Wrote: But I don't see the MBT going after Dinwiddie or Dragic either.  They new from last year that they have a serious perimeter defense issue, which is why they traded away Curry for JRich.  That has not worked out as well as hoped, but I think if they are going to replace JRich it is going to be someone who can play quality perimeter defense.  That unfortunately narrows the field down a lot, especially if want that player to be an effective secondary distributor.  After the big dollar guys (Conley, Lowry) you get down to RFAs (Ball, Graham).  There are not a lot of options here, and most of them will be expensive.  There is a good chance they are going to have to do some kind of trade to get that guy.

(05-14-2021, 03:55 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: If this offseason doesn't include one of Holmes, Collins, Turner, Rozier, Brogdon, Lowry, Conley, or a player at a similar level to those, (at the very least Fournier?), I'll be lying in bed for a few days having a good depressive cry.

(05-14-2021, 03:32 PM)F Gump Wrote: You keep beating the drum for Dinwiddie, and I don't see anything in what he has to offer that makes any sense in Dallas.

He can't shoot. He can't defend. And now, on top of those, he's rehabbing from being badly injured.

He's really the classic case of the player who was able to amass some numbers on a bad team - because, someone has to get some numbers. In Dallas, he'd really upgrade nothing in the equation. Hard pass for me.

(05-14-2021, 01:52 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Go ahead and come at me, but Kemba will be on the Mavs next year.

(05-14-2021, 02:18 PM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: Maybe reading too much into it, but Bob Voulgaris and Jeremias Engelmann seem to go out of their way to praise WCS on Twitter, maybe moreso than any other Mav on the roster.   I think he has fans in the building, especially in the analytic department.   I know Dwight Powell has fans in the building (namely the head coach and the face of the franchise star player).   I think the Mavs will call around to see if they can get comparable talent to KP in a trade without finding any takers due to injury and physical degradation concerns.    I suspect anyone really hyped up about a major upgrade/change for a big man this offseason is going to be disappointed.

(05-14-2021, 12:24 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Fair. I disagree with Smart being too pricey. I can see BOS moving on from him for a moderate package centered around JRich pretty easily. The only thing is are the Mavs inclined to take back Smart with his chucker tendencies and a kobe-like attitude in late game situations? Tough to say. Smart on paper reads to me a lot like JRich but a worse scorer. 

(05-14-2021, 03:18 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I will take that signature bet! If he's on the Mavs, you get to dictate my signature for next full season. If he's not I get yours for the same time!

(05-14-2021, 02:56 PM)duboh7 Wrote: Dan, any thoughts on Warren of Indy?  He seems to have 2-3-4 skills (if he can stay healthy).  Not sure what it would take to pry him from Indy (who knows what's happening at Indy, anyway?)   I think Warren has 2 yrs left @ somewhere around $14M/per.

(05-14-2021, 04:45 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: So I like this idea a lot. I didn't realize Smart's stock was so low. This as certainly as low as its ever been. I like that Mavs have J Rich as a potential role/matching piece.

I would do Smart for Rich all day every day. Smart does have chucking tendencies but he is a much better player than J Rich, especially defensively. If Smart has worn out his welcome it's a great opportunity for Mavs to "buy low" on him. I still think he has more trade value than J Rich but I am not sure what the Mavs have that the Celtics would want.

(05-14-2021, 09:58 AM)mvossman Wrote: THJ is an awkward fit with the starting group due to his defensive concerns, so it would be strange to go sign a THJ clone in Fournier/Monk as our big off season acquisition.  That would be wildly disappointing.

A name that did not show up on the list that I think would make way more sense as a JRich replacement/upgrade is Devonte Graham.  He shoots the three well at a very high volume, is very good distributor, and can play defense against opposing point guards.  

Graham, actually makes THJ expendable so if you can land him you can spend the rest on THJ or Holmes.

(05-14-2021, 05:31 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: I usually like to have some evidence before I bet

(05-14-2021, 04:45 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: So I like this idea a lot. I didn't realize Smart's stock was so low. This as certainly as low as its ever been. I like that Mavs have J Rich as a potential role/matching piece.

I would do Smart for Rich all day every day. Smart does have chucking tendencies but he is a much better player than J Rich, especially defensively. If Smart has worn out his welcome it's a great opportunity for Mavs to "buy low" on him. I still think he has more trade value than J Rich but I am not sure what the Mavs have that the Celtics would want.