02-08-2025, 08:21 PM
Lively is already really good on defense, but he is going to learn so much watching AD every game and playing with him.
The more I think about Martin vs Grimes/pick the more I think it is mainly for a salary slot. They obviously think Martin is a good player and hope he can show that. Although, Dallas has ways to get a good salary player or potential a great salary player. I think they would prefer to hold on to PJ, Klay and Christie, but if you add a solid player in Marshall, a solid player in Gafford and hopefully a solid player in Martin you have a lot of players who are priced correctly. You can pair them with first round picks. So the team gets solid players on good contracts plus first round picks. If the player the mavs are looking to trade for is really good, that is where PJ comes in and maybe Christie enter the equation. Just gives them a lot of flexibility to make a competitive offer. It lacks the stud young player (unless you include Lively) that some teams can offer but it could interest some teams.
The more I think about Martin vs Grimes/pick the more I think it is mainly for a salary slot. They obviously think Martin is a good player and hope he can show that. Although, Dallas has ways to get a good salary player or potential a great salary player. I think they would prefer to hold on to PJ, Klay and Christie, but if you add a solid player in Marshall, a solid player in Gafford and hopefully a solid player in Martin you have a lot of players who are priced correctly. You can pair them with first round picks. So the team gets solid players on good contracts plus first round picks. If the player the mavs are looking to trade for is really good, that is where PJ comes in and maybe Christie enter the equation. Just gives them a lot of flexibility to make a competitive offer. It lacks the stud young player (unless you include Lively) that some teams can offer but it could interest some teams.