06-23-2024, 12:01 PM
(06-23-2024, 03:05 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Avdija is about as good as it gets in terms of contract size (less than 100% of outgoing THJ and similar money to PJ, but declining). He plays plus D and on offense he’s a jack of many trades and while he’s kind of a master of none, he’s fairly good at almost everything (and still on a pretty good growth curve at only 23).
Lively, PJ, Avdija, Kyrie and Luka
Gafford, Maxi/Omax, DJJ, Hardy, Exum
I'm coming around on Advija, for sure. Do we have reason to believe he's available? I mean, so many people are talking about it, and Washington is so terrible, he must be at least a little available. I'm just wondering if there's a source of info I missed that indicates he's being shopped, or if this is just people identifying a guy who fits into the Mavs' hole. I like the way your lineup/rotation works there, quite a bit. I wonder, would Advija be ok coming off of the bench? I know he's a better overall player than DJJ, but I kind of like the idea of him coming in, 6th man style, to play either forward spot. Just a thought.
They did mention Bogan Bogdanovic, yes! I forgot about that. One of the guys really likes him for Dallas (but mentioned him for other teams, too, so my read was that he just likes the player, really). Personally, I think he'd be a nice addition to the BENCH, but I'm not interested in sliding him into this DJJ spot. I'm not quite as excited about him as others, but I think that's just because I have a little more faith in Hardy and Exum than others seem to have, at the moment. Still, he's obviously good enough to jump ahead of either of them in the guard rotation and would improve the team. If the only big thing the team is able to accomplish at forward is to bring DJJ back, I could see Bogdanovic working out as the "other" move.