03-25-2021, 04:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2021, 04:39 PM by KillerLeft.)
(03-25-2021, 04:29 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: The best way to maximize the Mavs assets would have been trade for player x/ resign THJ/ resign Richardson/ use MLE but with Doncic´s max getting closer Cuban is not as willing to go over the cap (not to mention the luxury tax).
Yeah, and let me take it a step further. I might lose your agreement here, but hopefully not:
If one of those two (Hardaway/Richardson) was a 4 or a 5, and they weren't BOTH wings, I think maybe the Mavs might've fought for Fournier today. As it happens, he plays the wing position, where they already have THREE guys they like PLUS a rookie in whom they just sunk the 18th pick. I think it's a different story if he's the same level of player, at the same price in trade and the same potential cost to re-sign, only a third big or something like that. Maybe Markannen is a good example (don't know if they like him or not). If someone like Markannen had been available for Johnson and two 2nd's I bet they would've been tempted today, even if he had been an upcoming free agent.
Fournier would've helped, yes. More than Redick, yes. But he plays the ONE position where they really don't need help in an asset gathering, structural way, imo. If it was going to be a RENTAL, give me the CHEAP rental.