Yesterday, 02:45 PM
1 On 2026 summer roster-building, just like last summer, I am very hesitant to trade Gaff and end up without a starter-caliber C.
2 Ivey? If he's more than MLE, for me it's an instant hard pass. And the closer I look, I am not sure he's the guy you want anyhow, even at MLE or less. He's not a PG, he's undersized as a 2-guard, his shooting is not special, and his defense is meh. To me that adds up to a 3rd-stringer behind Max and Klay, and I don't really want to be spending on 3rd stringers.
3 Note to DS - while the rules allow the Mavs to spend up to the apron, we can rest assured they won't be taxpayers no matter what. They will undoubtedly prioritize a hard repeater-tax reset which happens with 2 consecutive tax-free years. We should look at moves that fit that paradigm.
4 In general I think the Mavs will be looking for two players - one in the draft, and one either via FA or trade - who can be SIGNIFICANT foundational pieces.
5 I think their key solution would be to find an offense-creator, to build the whole offense around, and I'm thinking back to when the Suns grabbed Nash as a FA and it was the key to their team's ascent for many years to follow. That's the move I want, getting THAT guy, by some means or another -- but that's much easier said than done.
6 As I game plan, I tend to pencil in Nemby and Cisse to 2 of the slots, based on the belief they need low cost playable guys on the roster, but I think they might prefer to have them as 2-ways instead, expanding the usable roster.
7 I would expect the bottom of the roster to be very much up in the air. Money, alternatives, draft picks, roster slots, it feels like a big stew. Questions about DP, Bagley, Cisse, Middleton, Martin, Williams, Nembhard, Jones, Johnson, Kelly, pick 30, SRP -- I can see a way for any of those to be on next year's roster (including 2-ways), but not a lot of them.
On the question of who to keep out of the top end of the roster, I don't think you can answer that until you figure out that PG-type player and who else you can get this summer as foundational pieces. Do you have to spend some of your top end talent to accomplish the main goal? If so, which? If not, which of your ccurrent top guys can complement and even accelerate the value of the ones you are building around (hopefully consisting of CF, Kyrie, top-10 pick, trade/FA acquisition), and which don't?
2 Ivey? If he's more than MLE, for me it's an instant hard pass. And the closer I look, I am not sure he's the guy you want anyhow, even at MLE or less. He's not a PG, he's undersized as a 2-guard, his shooting is not special, and his defense is meh. To me that adds up to a 3rd-stringer behind Max and Klay, and I don't really want to be spending on 3rd stringers.
3 Note to DS - while the rules allow the Mavs to spend up to the apron, we can rest assured they won't be taxpayers no matter what. They will undoubtedly prioritize a hard repeater-tax reset which happens with 2 consecutive tax-free years. We should look at moves that fit that paradigm.
4 In general I think the Mavs will be looking for two players - one in the draft, and one either via FA or trade - who can be SIGNIFICANT foundational pieces.
5 I think their key solution would be to find an offense-creator, to build the whole offense around, and I'm thinking back to when the Suns grabbed Nash as a FA and it was the key to their team's ascent for many years to follow. That's the move I want, getting THAT guy, by some means or another -- but that's much easier said than done.
6 As I game plan, I tend to pencil in Nemby and Cisse to 2 of the slots, based on the belief they need low cost playable guys on the roster, but I think they might prefer to have them as 2-ways instead, expanding the usable roster.
7 I would expect the bottom of the roster to be very much up in the air. Money, alternatives, draft picks, roster slots, it feels like a big stew. Questions about DP, Bagley, Cisse, Middleton, Martin, Williams, Nembhard, Jones, Johnson, Kelly, pick 30, SRP -- I can see a way for any of those to be on next year's roster (including 2-ways), but not a lot of them.
On the question of who to keep out of the top end of the roster, I don't think you can answer that until you figure out that PG-type player and who else you can get this summer as foundational pieces. Do you have to spend some of your top end talent to accomplish the main goal? If so, which? If not, which of your ccurrent top guys can complement and even accelerate the value of the ones you are building around (hopefully consisting of CF, Kyrie, top-10 pick, trade/FA acquisition), and which don't?
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