05-13-2025, 04:19 PM
(05-13-2025, 04:14 PM)F Gump Wrote: In theory you'd want BOS players, but Jrue is too old (about to turn 35), starting to be injury-limited, and starting to decline a bit. White is a bit younger (about to turn 31) but the wrong position unless Klay is part of the outgoing.
There's also the issue of finding a 3rd team to take about half the trade with no salary coming back, when there's probably not going to be a lot of open cap room to be had. But if I understand the new rules correctly, the Mavs will have a great opportunity if they decide to trade PJW, because a team with the NT MLE would be able to use that exception to acquire him in trade and send no salary back. If the Mavs GAVE him to a team, what picks could they get for doing that?
So something like this would work on the CBA front ...
Klay to BOS, White to DAL
PJW to ____, picks to DAL
It doesn't solve the need for a creator and/or PG, but imo it does improve the SG position and also gets the Mavs a lot younger/healthier at the 2 (although to his credit, Klay played 72 last season and his shooting splits on 3s and FTs were still excellent, all of which should make him desirable).
I don't disagree with most of this, but I will push back in one key area:
MORE depth is needed in the BACK COURT, imo. They have a glut of usable bodies in the front court, which is great, but the roster just doesn't seem balanced. If someone better than Thompson (whose best position might be the 3, anyway, imo) is added, I'd have zero issues moving him to the bench, and I bet that would be an easier sell than it would be to PJW (just for example), who probably feels like he has a lot to accomplish in order to position himself for the next contract.