MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

How did they plan on winning with 2 non shooters at the 4&5 on the court together?

Get used to it, brother. This is Nico’s plan.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

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Exact same things going through my mind.

Need another playmaker.

Is PJ Washington a small forward or trade bait?

Would they consider trading Lively? Nico said AD will start at 4 but could finish games at 5. Was he just talking temporarily while Lively is hurt?

[BigDirk41]

What salary can we get to without trading AD, Kyrie, or PJ? I fully expect everyone else to be available by Nico and I will not be surprised at all if he uses Lively to land another high level player, as sickening as that sounds. It will be minor compared to losing Luka.

[BigDirk41]

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Exact same things going through my mind.  Need another playmaker. Is PJ Washington a small forward or trade bait? Would they consider trading Lively?

Lmao is that a serious question? Just kidding, but Nico doesn't have a soul.

[Chicagojk]

^

Exact same things going through my mind.  Need another playmaker. Is PJ Washington a small forward or trade bait? Would they consider trading Lively?

I would be shocked if they trade Lively.  Although who knows know.   If he is talking about defense AD, Lively and PJ need to be your guys.   Gafford is great protecting the rim, but the other parts of his defense has some holes.    The issue is PJ, AD and LIvely are a weird mix.  Especially in todays game.

[BigDirk41]

I would be shocked if they trade Lively.  Although who knows know.   If he is talking about defense AD, Lively and PJ need to be your guys.   Gafford is great protecting the rim, but the other parts of his defense has some holes.    The issue is PJ, AD and LIvely are a weird mix.  Especially in todays game.

Nico only cares about the next 3-4 years so nothing will surprise me at this point.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Lmao is that a serious question? Just kidding, but Nico doesn't have a soul.

Health is a tool. I don’t consider him untouchable after his latest injury.

Even if you want to play big, Lively Gafford AD PJ seems like too many bigs.

[Chicagojk]

Might need to update the title. The Kelly signing was huge though

[SleepingHero]

Might need to update the title.  The Kelly signing was huge though

I don’t want it to be real man

[david75090]

Mavs finally found a taker for Maxi. Not just a hypothetical. They ended up having to add a couple of other players to get rid of him.

[ThisIStheYear]

How did they plan on winning with 2 non shooters at the 4&5 on the court together?

You can win a little, but it’s really not possible to win big with two non shooters. Davis will either have to play the 5, wasting DLive and Gafford, or the Mavs will need to trade for a stretch 5.

[F Gump]

What salary can we get to without trading AD, Kyrie, or PJ? I fully expect everyone else to be available by Nico and  ...

If you go to extremes, and keep only the top end of the roster (Kyrie, AD, PJW, Gaff, Lively, Klay, Christie) and everyone else is sent out the door, you have 7 players and about 141.15M in payroll, with a hard cap limit of 176.63M.

That's about 35.5M, but you have to add 7 players, not just 1.

It takes a lot of bodies outgoing, which makes the trade hard on the other team's roster, so you have to work through that issue too. IOW not very practical - but if they work it hard enough, they may have some angles to put together a package to work with. For example, what would a package of Naji-Grimes-Hardy get you? The salary outgoing is about 15M, which means they could probably take back a 20M player and leave room under the hard cap to add 2 other bodies.

If they are committed to staying under the tax line, the limits are much smaller. They are under right now, but not sure that's their limit if they can find the right player to add. I suspect they are looking hard for one more player, preferably a 2-way player that is good on defense AND can create some offense.

[KillerLeft]

I suspect they are looking hard for one more player, preferably a 2-way player that is good on defense AND can create some offense.

Totally, and I bet we should focus on Grimes as the main outgoing piece, so it would have to be a pretty inexpensive example of that type of player. 

I don't think they're trading Marshall, and it sure doesn't seem like they're trading Gafford or PJW, having mentioned them both in the press conference. I think they're so focused on this year (for whatever reason) that I'd be less shocked to see Lively go this week than Gafford, honestly. Which is INSANE to me, but wouldn't be as shocking as trading Luka Doncic.

[KillerLeft]

What does Grimes/Powell get you?

I think that's the deal they're looking for, personally.

[Smitty]

What does Grimes/Powell get you?

I think that's the deal they're looking for, personally.

140 Coby White CHI
141 Wendell Carter Jr. ORL
142 Ivica Zubac LAC
143 P.J. Tucker LAC
144 Donte DiVincenzo MIN
145 Brandon Miller CHO
146 Terance Mann LAC
147 Alex Sarr WAS
148 Evan Mobley CLE
149 Larry Nance Jr. ATL
150 Matisse Thybulle POR
151 Aaron Nesmith IND
152 Gabe Vincent LAL
153 Maxi Kleber DAL
154 Moritz Wagner ORL
155 Chet Holmgren OKC
156 Chris Boucher TOR
157 Jarred Vanderbilt LAL
158 Aaron Wiggins OKC
159 Chris Paul SAS
160 Scoot Henderson POR
161 Isaac Okoro CLE
162 Scottie Barnes TOR
163 Reed Sheppard HOU
164 Mike Conley MIN
165 Jonas Valančiūnas WAS
166 Alex Caruso OKC
167 Jabari Smith Jr. HOU
168 Derrick Jones Jr. LAC
169 Al Horford BOS
170 Pat Connaughton MIL
171 Royce O'Neale PHO
172 T.J. McConnell IND
173 Luke Kennard MEM
174 Amen Thompson HOU
175 Jalen Suggs ORL
176 Gary Payton II GSW
177 Stephon Castle SAS
178 Tre Jones SAS
179 Goga Bitadze ORL
180 Zeke Nnaji DEN
181 Keegan Murray SAC
182 Buddy Hield GSW
183 Kyle Anderson GSW
184 Naji Marshall DAL
185 Jalen Smith CHI
186 Georges Niang CLE
187 Ausar Thompson DET
188 Josh Giddey CHI
189 Josh Okogie CHO
190 Ron Holland DET
191 Caleb Martin PHI
192 Cody Martin CHO
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194 Trey Lyles SAC
195 Jeff Green HOU
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199 KJ Martin PHI
200 Vasilije Micić CHO
201 Simone Fontecchio DET
202 Jonathan Kuminga GSW
203 Anthony Black ORL
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205 Gary Harris ORL
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207 Bennedict Mathurin IND
208 Max Christie LAL
209 Franz Wagner ORL
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212 Donovan Clingan POR
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214 Kenrich Williams OKC
215 Shaedon Sharpe POR
216 Jevon Carter CHI
217 Davion Mitchell TOR
218 Saddiq Bey WAS
219 Jarace Walker IND
220 Rob Dillingham MIN
221 Dean Wade CLE
222 John Konchar MEM
223 Ziaire Williams BRK
224 Dyson Daniels ATL
225 Precious Achiuwa NYK
226 Malik Beasley DET
227 Chris Duarte CHI
228 Taylor Hendricks UTA
229 Moses Moody GSW
230 Zach Edey MEM
231 Corey Kispert WAS
232 Jeremy Sochan SAS
233 Cason Wallace OKC
234 Cody Williams UTA
235 Alperen Şengün HOU
236 Johnny Davis WAS
237 Jett Howard ORL
238 Dāvis Bertāns CHO
239 Haywood Highsmith MIA
240 Matas Buzelis CHI
241 Kris Dunn LAC
242 Dario Šarić DEN
243 Trey Murphy III NOP
244 Ousmane Dieng OKC
245 Dereck Lively II DAL
246 Drew Eubanks UTA
247 Nick Richards PHO
248 Andre Drummond PHI
249 Nikola Topić OKC
250 Tre Mann CHO
251 Jalen Williams OKC
252 Gradey Dick TOR
253 Jalen McDaniels SAS
254 Miles McBride NYK
255 Devin Carter SAC
256 Nicolas Batum LAC
257 Aaron Holiday HOU
258 Jalen Duren DET
259 Jordan Hawkins NOP
260 Jalen Johnson ATL

[DanSchwartzgan]

What does Grimes/Powell get you?

I think that's the deal they're looking for, personally.

You can get up to about a $12-$13 million returning player for this depending on what you do to fill the roster spot you just created (assuming Fanspo is up to date).  Cole Anthony and Coby White both fit into this salary range.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

^ Coby White is the name I was going to mention also.

The Mavs HAVE TO get another playmaker if they are serious about winning now like Nico said.

[KillerLeft]

You can get up to about a $12-$13 million returning player for this depending on what you do to fill the roster spot you just created.  Greg Anthony and Coby White both fit into this salary range.

Coby White does a lot for me, but I definitely wouldn't call him a two-way player, so I'm not sure he fits the exact criteria FGump laid out earlier. I'd certainly prefer him to Sexton, however. 

Maybe we should think in terms of adding Hardy, or Hardy instead of Powell? 

Alternatively, I wonder if they're about to throw gas on Hardy and just pray he's ready for a bigger role, rather than even target the type of player we all think they need? 

I feel lost at sea here. I don't even feel like I have the pulse of what they're trying to do.

[SleepingHero]

According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. The Dallas Mavericks gave Luka Doncic an 11-day excused absence in late November to ‘shed weight after he had ballooned into the high 260s,’


All the dirty laundry is being aired now to quell the fans. I don’t think Nico nor the owners expected this backlash. And for that they are truly stupid.

[BigDirk41]

According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. The Dallas Mavericks gave Luka Doncic an 11-day excused absence in late November to ‘shed weight after he had ballooned into the high 260s,’


All the dirty laundry is being aired now to quell the fans. I don’t think Nico nor the owners expected this backlash. And for that they are truly stupid.

I don't care if he was 300 lbs. The trade return was shit.