(07-04-2024, 08:27 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: 2) The Clippers aren't trading Mann for Kleber when they're desperate to field a competitive roster.
3) That's why they're trying to get Miles Bridges for Mann, who by all accounts, is much better than Kleber.
I'm not trying to trade Kleber to LAC. It was reported that LAC could send Powell and Mann in a package for Bridges. So my hope is this:
LAC get: Miles Bridges
CHA get: Norman Powell, Kleber, maybe a lottery protected pick from Mavs?
DAL get: Terance Mann
(07-04-2024, 08:27 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: 4) You've taken away minutes from Grimes/Hardy/Klay with this trade. How do you expect them all to get any sort of time in a playoff series if Mann is supposed to be getting 20-25mpg?
DJJ, Green, Kleber, THJ, Exum, Hardy, Morris and Lawson played a total of 1,758 minutes in last season's playoffs. 1,758 minutes / 22 games played is about 80 minutes per game that can be distributed among Grimes/Klay/Mann... which should be more than enough. Then Luka and Kyrie need to play a little less than 40+ MPG, and any minutes shaved from Luka and Kyrie can go to them too. Not sure about Hardy's and Naji's minutes though, these two guys would be #9 and #10 in my rotation.
Anyway, isn't the goal to win an NBA title or two in the Kyrie-Klay window? The season is also long, it would be nice to reach the playoffs with a healthy team. If this move is not possible, that's fine. I'm just saying it would give me lot more confidence in the team's ability to win if Nico can get Mann.
Also, if Naji works out better than expected, and Mann doesn't get his 20-25MPG because of it, then the Mavs will be able to trade Mann next year for something else... perhaps, a Tari Eason. Who knows?