Trade & FA 2024-25:

[mvossman]

Does a PHI 2nd round pick count as a first?

I don’t see a team giving away a FRP for Vucevic.


I am actually intrigued at adding him as a Maxi replacement. He is nowhere near the level of defender, but he is able to stretch the floor. That ability would allow him to pair well next to a mobile center like Lively, not so much Gafford. His size also would allow the Mavs to sort of match and throw out their own Pseudo- Al Horford lineup like the Celtics use where Vuc is a PF and we can use PJ as a not-so-small ball center on defense to matchup with Porzingis, while still being able to stretch the floor 5 out.

His contract is too expensive. We’d need to use Maxi+Naji as the base of the deal, which would keep the Mavs 430k under the 1st apron.

The trade ends up essentially being a Naji for Vucevic swap, which hurts the Mavs defensively. Is that worth it though? I like Naji, but this trade also enables us to send out Gafford pretty easily for another perimeter defender like Herb.

Count me a hard no on this one. I feel like playing Vuc next to any center means giving up wide open three on every possession. I would rather have Naji before even looking at the contracts.