05-13-2025, 05:15 PM
(05-13-2025, 04:37 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I just can't get there, sorry. That's THREE highly paid centers (once Lively's rookie deal ends) on a roster without a true PG, currently. Seems like terrible planning.
I like all the players involved in the discussion, don't get me wrong, and I could actually be talked into moving BOTH Gafford AND PJW, but...I feel it would be insane to give Gafford the next contract he's already leaking he wants (or, are the Mavs leaking it to prepare us for the impending shake up?).
If some people would prefer to trade Lively, I think that's nutbar factor 7, but it's at least a conversation worth having. I think he's vastly superior to Gafford, and him being farther away from a higher price tag makes him safer, too, imho.
I am not saying I have a firm direction yet, but a resign of Gafford would probably be a 2 year thing. I thought the same before we had the first pick that Gafford was more likely to be extended than traded. I think Nico wants to win now and they want to be a physical team. Gafford pairs with Lively until Lively get a new contract (and proves to be healthy). Then Gafford is moved. Maybe I am reading this wrong, but I just have a feeling PJ is the more likely of the two to get traded. Although Nico is really close to PJ, i believe. At least that was what McMahon was reporting a month or two ago that PJ was one of his guys.