2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Dundalis]

Today we may be almost forced to find out if Boban is worth the 3.5 million investment we have in him next year and perhaps the 4.5 million for the following year. I hope he is and that Rick can maximize his presence when we need him. He is pretty clearly the only guy we have who can indeed slow Harrell. Offensively, he is skilled but seems to get sped up way too easily and also gets stripped of the ball way to much.

Like everyone else on the team, I watch them individually and as a 5 on the floor for improvement. Today is a huge opportunity to show improvement under pressure.

He did great today, he led the team with +/- with 16, his presence put the Mavs rally within 6 points in a elimination game. Yes, he can't be relied on for the whole game, but he does give you great spurts.

He is almost an automatic bucket and his sheer size can help defend the rim. He isn't a Shawn Bradley. Boban is legit. Totally worth the investment just from a production standpoint. Add in his chemistry with Luka and it makes his contract incredible. Dude is the goofy guy that holds locker rooms together.

The Mavs only had a single active misstep last offseason - Wright. Curry, Maxi, DFS, and Bobi were all good pickups for their contracts. It was what they didn't do that made last summer an absolute killer.

They traded Harrison Barnes for peanuts, which to me was purely to acquire space for a FA, because otherwise they would certainly have found a trade for something of more substance in return. They were specifically looking for an expiring though, which limited the trade partners. That they only had one genuine star target in Kemba planned for and failed, given all the players available that flew off the table while they sat on their ass waiting was another failure. They should have done better than simply a couple good role players and some good value contract renewals of our own players, given the Barnes trade was made purely for that reason.