2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[DanSchwartzgan]

Forgive me if this was already posted:
https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2020/8/21/...-18th-pick

I realize people want to get rid of their favorite whipping boys (typically Wright and Powell) and imagine the combination of pick and slug will somehow bring us a starter.  But, let's be real.  We would do well to get another 7th man type for#18 and either of those guys.  Keeping the pick probably won't prove much more fruitful.  The 18th pick is most likely to be nothing more than a good rotation player with a high likelihood the player taken won't be in the league 5 years from now.

I realize we need a couple more starters, but incremental gains are still gains.  For instance, finding someone to take the minutes Jackson/Lee/MKG played this year (about 1500), but do it better than any of them, would be valuable.  I've pointed this out before, but Jackson is almost an exact trade match for Cedi Osman.  Cedi wouldn't start here, but he would help the team by playing those 1500 minutes better than they were played this season.