Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Winter]

Hesitant on adding Klay as well.  GSW system is different from Luka-ball.  Takes a different kind of player to be able to play with Luka. 

The Mavs as currently constructed Kyrie/PJ/DJJ/etc.. are all ok with Luka having free reign.  They're ok with going 3-4-5 possessions not touching the ball watching Luka shoot step back 3's.

Is Klay willing to just stand at the 3pt line while Luka does everything?  KP couldn't do it.  If the Mavs are upfront with him and Klay is willing to take a diminished role. Go for it.

I think this - of all arguments against getting Klay - is the most understandable to me. We simply don't know how Klay would fit in the Dallas system. It's a gamble.

The other side of this is that Klay has never played with another team other than GS. His entire career is there. We really have no idea how he would operate in this ecosystem because there is no track record of him playing elsewhere.