01-05-2022, 12:46 PM
(01-05-2022, 02:03 AM)Tyler Wrote: BTW, one of the more interesting things about the Bill Simmons trade proposal is his assumption that Brunson/Covington/Nurkic is a good deal for Philly. If I was Nico, I’d cut Portland out of the deal and offer Brunson/THJ/Maxi. IMHO, that’s also a good offer and would let us build a true big-3 of Luka/Simmons/KP.
I don't see Philly pulling either trigger, but even so, as much trouble as we are having making Luka/KP work, I can't imagine the headache it would be trying to get Luka/KP/Simmons to work.
On the other hand, lets say the Mavs decide the Luka/KP thing is not going to work, but they can't land a big fish in a KP trade. What if they cut Philly out of this trade and do KP for Nurkic/Covington? Then you have plenty of defense to support a Luka/Brunson backcourt. A lineup of Nurkic/Covington/DFS/Luka/Brunson would be interesting.