Besides the MLE guy (whoever that may be), I really want to see Exum and Kai added, and Hardy and Powell subtracted, to round out the roster. I see Kai for DP as both an upgrade and a way to give the roster more upside, and I see the same with Exum for Hardy (who, despite his occasional flashes of decent play, has shown us nothing worth having).
Would I want that to happen with Martin outgoing so that some player is added, or without so that no player is added? It would make me no difference, although I fail to see any good use for CM on this roster and think the team would be better served if they can find someone to take him and his gratuitous salary off their hands.
Anyhow, I would love it if we could see a roster populated like this:
GUARDS - Kyrie Exum Williams Klay Christie MLE-guy
FORWARDS - PJW AD Flagg Marshall Omax Martin (or replacement via trade, or Edwards, or enforcer/tonesetter, or empty)
CENTERS - Lively Gafford Jones
Sadly, the presence of both Hardy and Martin clogging the roster need to be reminders to any of us now fantasizing that Nico is somehow a good GM after all. Both the Hardy contract and Martin trade were "own goal" type moves by Nico, showing a lack of roster building expertise and doing something stupid each time, thinking he was "creating an asset" with absolutely no awareness that a meh player - even with a cheap contract - is not somehow an asset other teams will want to trade for. Neither was justified or necessary at all at the time. If we could only erase that combined 15-16M cap hit between them, and the payroll would become incredibly different and way easier to navigate. Instead, both will most likely end up needlessly eating up needed roster room this season (getting in the way of players who can be useful and at a far better price) as well as bloating the payroll, and they are slated to be issues plaguing the Mavs for multiple years ahead. Of course. Ugh.
Would I want that to happen with Martin outgoing so that some player is added, or without so that no player is added? It would make me no difference, although I fail to see any good use for CM on this roster and think the team would be better served if they can find someone to take him and his gratuitous salary off their hands.
Anyhow, I would love it if we could see a roster populated like this:
GUARDS - Kyrie Exum Williams Klay Christie MLE-guy
FORWARDS - PJW AD Flagg Marshall Omax Martin (or replacement via trade, or Edwards, or enforcer/tonesetter, or empty)
CENTERS - Lively Gafford Jones
Sadly, the presence of both Hardy and Martin clogging the roster need to be reminders to any of us now fantasizing that Nico is somehow a good GM after all. Both the Hardy contract and Martin trade were "own goal" type moves by Nico, showing a lack of roster building expertise and doing something stupid each time, thinking he was "creating an asset" with absolutely no awareness that a meh player - even with a cheap contract - is not somehow an asset other teams will want to trade for. Neither was justified or necessary at all at the time. If we could only erase that combined 15-16M cap hit between them, and the payroll would become incredibly different and way easier to navigate. Instead, both will most likely end up needlessly eating up needed roster room this season (getting in the way of players who can be useful and at a far better price) as well as bloating the payroll, and they are slated to be issues plaguing the Mavs for multiple years ahead. Of course. Ugh.
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