MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

Obviously Nico has made some bad trades and the harm they have done to the team has cost us. The loss of Kai Jones who we might have been able to find a way to keep was terrible. I hope he has a long and productive career wherever he sticks but He would have made a nice back up for a 6th big. Powell would have been cut or traded if I had been in charge. Of course next offseason we may be wanting to replace him with a rookie they want to develop that 7' and shoots 3's at 40% so not to terrible of a loss.

The lousy roster management that NICO has engaged in may keep us tied to guys we no longer want to play much and now we are unable to keep a roster spot open for when some team cuts a good player.

OMax 3 MIL produced well enough when he got minutes just did not get enough minutes to develop any momentum and game. He only has this season left so he is an expiring contract if a team trades for him they can resign as RFA or let the salary drop off.
Powell 4 MIL Obviously a bench warmer and nothing more at this point. He to is an expiring contract
Hardy 6 MIL got a few years on his contract still
Martin 9.5 MIL almost 30 million owed this season and 2 more years.

Got to play a few of them to to sell some team on making a trade and get them to develop an interest in our end of bench guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnFEB23iLiM&t=83s omax trade in the works

Nico has made some blunders, as has every NBA GM, but this roster is actually very talented. I think it's flawed to some degree, with more elite talent in the frontcourt, causing some overlap, but talented nonetheless. The only dead weight is Hardy IMO. He's just not good enough at all the 'other things' to play in the rotation at the NBA level, and $12M guaranteed is a waste of financial recourses, when every dollar matters in this apron world.

Some might argue that Omax and Martin are dead weight or expendable but it's hard for me to be hypercritical of the Omax pick because I was pumped when it happened and thought it was good GMing at the time. Martin is still this team's best perimeter defender, so I can't put him in the dead weight/expendable category until we see him healthy and on the court in games that matter. If he looks as bad offensively as he did at the end of last year then sure, he's going to be hard to move, and his money will affect future roster decisions in a negative way.

Overall, I think the Mavs are in a good place, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what Cooper Flagg will be.