John Collins...Our Third Star

[StepBackJay]

Yes, that deal would require a third team like the Wizards.  I think someone posted a proposed trade that involved the Mavs taking on Turner and Lamb (can't remember who the Wizards gave to Pacers).  With Lamb being a dump, that seems like a reasonable trade for a devalued KP.

Right basically the Wizards are sending young players and a pick or two to Pacers and the Pacers send back Turner and Lamb to the Mavs. My theory is that we love Turner more than the Pacers do. He's a good player but they might want to go a different direction with their frontcourt. It's hard for me to imagine them moving on from Sabonis but who knows.

Maxi is another player Mavs could throw into the mix to make things interesting.

All that to say it's still early. Everything I have seen or heard lately is that the Mavs aren't in dump-mode with KP as we thought they were and there doesn't appear to be a big market out there for KP anyway. I am operating under the assumption right now that he stays for at least part of next year.