07-05-2021, 09:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2021, 09:14 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(07-05-2021, 08:54 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: All I can say is that you are all absolutely mental, if you rather have 33 year old Mike Conley for $30M than Lavine.
Conley has missed 1/3 of the Jazz regular season games over the last two years and 7 of 17 play-off games.
Luckily Utah has no choice but to pay Conley, so we´ll dodge that bullet.
All I can say is that Lavine is not a free agent. So we´ll dodge that bullet as well. It wouldn´t be Lavine or Conley. It would be Lavine and whatever the Mavs need to give up to get him (probably 2-3 1sts and matching salary) and his contract vs Conley and his contract. If the Mavs make an all in kind of trade to get another high volume scorer it needs to be a no brainer. Not a defensive liability with mediocre impact metrics. Only my opinion. In the end only a couple of guys are in the no brainer category. All of them are under contract (except for Kawhi) and probably out of reach for the Mavs. That leaves the Mavs with limited options. A big contract for a young and talented player like Ball or Collins would be a risk. Same for any trade that lands the Mavs a flawed player. Signing an older but more proven player is just as big of a risk.