ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[DanSchwartzgan]

Does Bamba have the lateral foot speed to play our kind of defense?  I don't think the plan is to put a center next to Wood.

 
At this point the only truly necessary move is to sign Dragic, ideally for the min.  We need a vet min center (Mcgee) and with luck we have the full tax MLE to go after a defensive player (GPII, Harris, Porter).

Devil's advocate...if you are only paying Bamba $6.2mm, do we presume he starts?  Seems like a number you pay the second team center, not necessarily the starter.  I'm not a huge Bamba fan, but he does block shots and unlike Powell can hit a three.  There's nothing wrong with giving yourself the option of Wood at the four.  He can still be the primary PnR big as long as the other big can spread the floor.

Some of the names getting Dallas mentions lead me to believe they are trying to do something more creative than what you list (one can hope at least).  Given the money Prince got yesterday, I worry that all of the defensive wings you list end up getting more than the TP-MLE (which is why I've been focused on ways to get $10.3mm below the apron so we can use the full MLE).