(12-29-2020, 04:48 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Unless you're thinking like SBJ is, and see JRich (guards the point guards) and Hield as the guards and Luka as the defensive three.

(12-29-2020, 04:48 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: But it would also require that Luka become, by this season or next at the absolute latest, a plus defender, because Hield never will be, and there's no prayer of contending with two minus defenders in the starting lineup.

(12-29-2020, 03:50 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Yeah, and who on the Mavs would GSW want?

(12-29-2020, 05:00 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: HOU: Wiseman+Paschall+Powell+Oubre+ Whatever picks the Warriors have left 

(12-29-2020, 05:14 PM)omahen Wrote: I think BKN package (if it is on the table) is extremely better than this. Terry has almost zero value and Brunson is a back up PG. I also don't see why Houston would prefer to take Powell over Green. If Houston wants more development projects GSW has Poole and Smailagic.

(12-29-2020, 03:53 PM)omahen Wrote:

(12-29-2020, 03:26 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: PJ Tucker
Larry Nance Jr.
Aaron Gordon
John Henson (currently out of the league, which isn't a good look for the possibility of him being a qualified starter...)
Nemanja Bjelica
Mike Muscala
Chris Boucher
Kevin Love
Lauri Markannen
Wendell Carter Jr.

Personally I wouldn' waste time with Nance, Henson, Bjelica, Muscala, Boucher as I don't really see them as improvement. Tucker is sort of ok but is it really worth paying an asset for him? Next offseason perhaps for MLE type of deal?

I have mixed feelings about Gordon. Is he matured enough to become the next Marion?

Love would bring some vet experience and shooting but a giant hole on defense. I mean, if the price would be Powell and Johnson plus a couple of second rounders and there is nothing better on the table, why not. If the price is higher, I am not so sure.

I don't see Markannen fit. He is basically poor mans KP. Questionable defense, questionable shot.

I admit I didn't see Carter Jr. a lot - isn't he a classic C? Can he guard on perimeter? I saw him in preseason and he looked lost in Chicago, just like everyone else there

(12-29-2020, 03:53 PM)omahen Wrote: I admit I didn't see Carter Jr. a lot - isn't he a classic C? Can he guard on perimeter? I saw him in preseason and he looked lost in Chicago, just like everyone else there 

(12-29-2020, 05:57 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I.e., "no bigs for omahen."

(12-29-2020, 06:25 PM)cow Wrote: Two years ago I loved the idea of Draymond here, but I'm just not sure if he has anything left in the tank.  I will say that like Griffin, it feels like a very MBT type of move.

20-21 (30) 22M
21-22 (31) 24M
22-23 (32) 25M
23-24 (33) 27M PO

(12-29-2020, 06:37 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: What does he have in the tank? That’s definitely the question.

(12-29-2020, 07:04 PM)cow Wrote: If they sent 2M back to us, Powell + THJ works.

(12-29-2020, 07:09 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Not saying they’d do that deal, necessarily, but if there’s a team out there who could use THJ more than Golden State, I’m missing them.

(12-29-2020, 07:13 PM)cow Wrote: Wiggins, Oubre and THJ on one team.  What's the opposite of Splash Brothers?  Trash Brothers?

(12-29-2020, 07:18 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Lol!

My thinking is that THJ is likely to be one of the best shooters getting shopped around this year, and they’ll need shooting more than anyone if they really want to go for it. Then again, if they’re good enough to hope THJ moves the needle, they’re probably not in a place where they’ll decide to move Green.

(12-29-2020, 07:20 PM)cow Wrote: You can't win with Wiggns.

(12-29-2020, 07:21 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I used to know that, but I wish you’d have been there to remind me on fantasy draft night, tbh.

(12-29-2020, 06:57 PM)david75090 Wrote: Is Rick grooming, or toying with grooming, Johnson as Luka's point-forward backup? Luka's going to handle the ball but his rebounding is crucial right now. When he's on the bench replacing him with a guy who's a small PG hurts on the boards. Johnson's not a Luka-quality ball-handler but he does stop the ball domination by Jalen that stifles the offense, from my viewpoint.

(12-29-2020, 07:30 PM)omahen Wrote: I watched Johnson more a couple of seasons ago (I think it was a season before Luka was drafted) in Miami. He was playing point forward at that time. It was actualy quite strange because Dragic as a nominal PG was standing in the corner most of the time while Johnson, Winslow and Richardson were trying to create. Johnson had most success and averaged 3,8 assists (Dragic was at 4,8 as team leader). Of course he was much younger and faster

(12-29-2020, 08:58 PM)david75090 Wrote: I didn't know anything about him until the Mavs traded for him. He was completely off of my radar. He's taller than I thought and handles the ball better than I thought. Had him pegged as just-a-guy, and he may be, but seeing how Rick is accentuating some of his skills makes me think I've underrated him.