You’re now the Mavs’ GM. What are you going to build?

[mvossman]

Nice.  That model involves finding the sweet spot of trading veteran stars to get the roster younger before the stars completely age out of their asset value in the eyes of the NBA trade market. 
Remember Danny Ainge and the Celtics pulled this off to perfection: 
https://celticswire.usatoday.com/story/s...473674007/ 

Of course the Mavs situation is different but the basic idea is unloading veteran stars before they age out.  This would require the players show some ability to maintain health and some team(s) believe they have enough left to help their current hopes.  

Houston for example just aged up to a 36 year old Kevin Durant while Phoenix reloaded and got younger.

I suppose its possible that they age gracefully enough that the Mavs can get something for them down the road on different contracts (although I can't imagine it will be the haul the Celtics got).  My main point was that if they are aging that gracefully I think the Mavs will still be in window one during the length of the current contracts.  Who know what will happen after that (they might not even re-sign here).