Trade & FA 2024-25:

[F Gump]

This is the thing - Klay at this point in his career is ***not a starter,*** unless the goal is to make your team worse, and especially with regards to defense. You'd be signing him to come off the bench, or you'd be signing him to make your team worse (tanking, or because you have no choice but to replace a guy who walked like DJJ if he does that). And he may not even be 8-man rotation worthy at this point of his career.

If they sign Klay for more than $12 mil per, that's as bad as the Wes Matthews Monty Haul deal. In that event, they should have just kept THJ, and we're all glad they didn't do that, so basketball gods, please please please save the Mavs from getting Klay.

I agree with your idea that Klay isn't as good as he once was. But I think he's still a very good player, and would be a good get at the right price.

To me that "right price" is in the vicinity of what SH posted earlier --- a starting salary in the low 20's (or less), with very limited (or no) draft capital, and I can live with the Green-Kleber package he proposed. Given his age and injury history, I would look for a 3+1 (TO) structure, to offset some of the risk.