06-06-2024, 07:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2024, 07:23 PM by KillerLeft.)
(06-06-2024, 07:15 PM)Smitty Wrote: Me personally? I would not trade two FRP’s to dump THJ. But that hypothetical is so extreme imo that it’s not even a possibility in my mind.
The problem with using Green or Gafford to clear space is that you have to replace that top 8 player and you still have C. Wood THJ on the team. Is he a cancer? Is the team better with bringing everyone back except Green/Maxi/Gafford and still having THJ on the roster? What will it cost to ultimately move THJ like the team will inevitably do?
You listed it as an option in the post where you posed the question! I think it’s kind of extreme, too, not because I don’t think somebody would ask for it, but because I would never, ever do it. If you would, I respect that. I think it’s nuts, but I at least have a better understanding of where you’re coming from. Not in 1 million, trillion years would I do that. Dude is expiring in a year. Dump Green and let Hardaway ride it out on the bench for a year, worst case scenario. Hell, I might even let Jones walk before I did something like that.
I agree somewhat with the premise of your second paragraph, but again, I think the struggle in moving Hardaway is more about not being able to take any salary back, so I’m fairly confident you could move him to add another rotation player. Now, that player might not be as good as the one you are giving up to retain Jones, but remember, this whole conversation is about finding a way to keep Jones.
Knowing that you would send two first round picks out, as extreme as you might think that is at this time, helps me understand why you reacted to what I wrote earlier the way you did, so thank you. I do not believe the Mavericks agree with you, but we will see. Or, hopefully, we won’t see, because they will find a much easier way to handle all of this than we think.