(06-07-2021, 08:11 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I have so many thoughts and they are all muddled right now.   I think where i am at now, is the Mavs can't try to improve around the edges.  They can't think they are one final piece and this team is a championship contender.  They need to go big game hunting.  Find the best talent...even if it is not the best fit.   If Luka and Rick are as good as we hope, they can figure it out.  If not, you have a attractive asset.   With the trouble over the last two offseasons, they probably will not have a championship level team next year and that would put them behind schedule on my timeline (but I will reserve my right after the summer).   But can they improve where they are in the next tier of teams with flexibility and attractive assets to make that final move in time?

What is big game hunting?  That gets tricky.    Can you go big game hunting if you resign Hardaway?   Are the restrictive free agents even legit targets?  Is it best to sell low on KP now or take a more long range view?   If Brunson cannot get and earn 30 minutes a night he is probably not a long term player here, so does that change your plan for this summer?

(06-07-2021, 09:12 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Malcolm Brogdon is the next best thing IMO. Guys like Devonte Graham are a retread of Wright/JRich.

(06-07-2021, 09:55 AM)DallasBasketball Wrote: Is there a star player out there we can get in exchange for these 3 guys?

(06-07-2021, 10:00 AM)mvossman Wrote: The concern with him would be defensive due to his size.  He actually has great on/off numbers defensively for the last two years

(06-06-2021, 10:39 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I would take capspace and one of the younger guys over DeRozan but the Mavs cannot be picky. Spurs have the capspace to absorb KPs salary and if they send out 10-15m they could probably resign DeRozan as well. If they really want to go for it makes sense to build around DeRozan/KP and their solid role cast of role players.

(06-07-2021, 10:52 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: I think a Spurs DeRozan/KP based deal would make a lot of sense for both teams.

(06-07-2021, 06:12 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: Or a team that will use him as a trade asset again to gain more capital for their need.

I am huge fan of DFS, but it is his contract year and if he replicated his performance this season, he is at least a legit full MLE type of guy. 
Do we want to give him such pay raise? Or do we cash on his bargain deal

(06-06-2021, 10:44 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: You might be right but i have always been super low on DeRozan. One of the worst defenders in the league. So bad that Pop moved him to the PF spot. Desperately trying to hide him on defense.

(06-07-2021, 10:56 AM)omahen Wrote: Why would you trade for someone you can sign outright? It makes little sense. It is basically dumping KP for cap space. If we speak about SA, Wright would make way more sense in a KP trade. Perhaps with an asset attached.

(06-06-2021, 10:53 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Given your arguments above about Luka's maturity, CP3 might be exactly what he needs, but the likelihood is that he doesn't see it that way and demands a trade at the deadline next season if we force-feed him that strong of medicine.

(06-07-2021, 12:17 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: He signed an extension so his cap impact will be 17,073,171 next year and 17,926,289 the year after. KP will be getting paid 32 mil next year alone. 

So Adams at 35 mil over 2 years doesn't seem so bad, at least to me. Even if he gets played off the floor in the playoffs which I don't think it'd happen so easily.

(06-07-2021, 11:12 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: I call that position flex! I think you can hide him if your other positions are good defenders. Modern NBA offenses have at least one catch and shoot guy these days that you can hide him on. If he can rotate then he can play okay team defense. 

It's not great but honestly this playoff series was more about offense than defense. Mavs didn't have a guy that could make plays or shoot with confidence outside of Luka. Rick was able to compensate on defense some by using big bodies and doing a fair bit of zone. You can do some scheming to mitigate defensive issues especially if we upgrade the personnel in the other 3 spots. You can only scheme so much on offense if guys are scared to shoot.

(06-07-2021, 03:23 AM)Branduil Wrote: One of the big problems we have is we have so many holes to fill it's hard to know where to start, we have very little assets, and yet also have very little cap room. It's incredible how bad this front office is.

(06-07-2021, 04:25 AM)RedFlag41 Wrote: The only good thing I can think of in relation to KP is that he did not get injured during the playoffs.

(06-07-2021, 04:43 AM)RedFlag41 Wrote: Off season ideas:

1. Sign THJ for 20M per year for 3 years,
2. Sign Dragic for MLE,
3. Trade for Daniel Theis via S and T using JRich.

(06-07-2021, 07:31 AM)omahen Wrote: Smart could be great for that "PG1" spot, but I am seriously affraid offense would remain a total all Luka show, unless we can get a PF who can create for himself. But is there one available? Could we survive with a smaller PF, like DeRozan in this case, again sacrificing defense? Sorry, but for positions PG and PF in column 1 I only have a lot of questions and dilemmas, but not many answers.

(06-07-2021, 07:59 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I think this whole thing is well put.  We've tried for two summers to get a guy who can handle the point of attack defensively, but neither has been able to work in our system offensively.  What we need is Drew Holiday...without it actually being Drew Holiday.  Get me that guy and I bet we can make the rest of this work.