(05-17-2025, 09:05 AM)Winter Wrote: I continue to think - for no educated reason really - that the Mavs will be interested in playing in this year's draft outside just Flagg. Nico may be interested in trying to resurrect whatever reputation he used to have, but it also might make sense in terms of team contracts. Grab a player in the 1st or 2 round in a trade and do some contract clean-up. There a lot of possibilities I think without imagining a bunch of roster movements and fake trades.
You can do two things at once - get a veteran guard in a trade outside the draft, and grab someone in the draft to help you long-term.
I think that is possible. A competant front office should have been scouting guards in the late lottery/mid first range for months. If they really like a few guys it would help even out the roster and also add a piece moving forward...even if they signed a veteran guard as a stop gap.