(03-14-2020, 11:38 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote:(03-14-2020, 01:57 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: The trade deadline was Feb.7th and we traded Barnes Feb. 6th. The Mavs did what you are supposed to do, when you have no intentions to re-sign a "UFA", especially in a losing season. Get us much value as you can for him.So we had a full day to be able to find a better deal, or negotiate a better deal with Sac? A team that we now know really wanted him badly based on giving him a large deal. We have no idea if he would have still opted out. It’s probable given the deal Sac gave him that he accepted but changing the circumstances possibly changes the outcome (would have been tampering had the trade not happened, but we know the league wouldn’t have cared).
Last thing, so we got JJ as the only thing we couldn’t have had had we not traded HB and HB left in FA. We would have had JJ’s additional salary in the offseason as well though ($3.2M is not insignificant). While JJ is not a nothing burger, not sure why he is supposed to be some grand scheme player of much significance. He’s just as likely to be out of the league when his contract comes up than get another contract, IMO.
You didn´t know that Jackson wouldn´t improve. Yet I´d say he´s still a slight net positive in a future trade, cause he´s still young, fairly cheap and on an expiring RFA contract now. There is always somebody that can talk themselves into a player under such circumstances.
The Kings really wanting him also gave him and them all the leverage. If the Mavs had wanted to commit long-term to Barnes, he´d still be here.
Btw,
UFAs Oladipo and Holiday are two perfect examples of players that you have to evaluate and project sharply next summer. Given their age and injury history, they could go down like Deron Williams or have another great 5-7 years ahead of them.