(08-12-2021, 12:52 PM)Jommybone Wrote: Don’t like this thinking. If we get Lauri at a discount, isn’t that a better trade asset than the one we’re giving up? TPE is just a limited form of powder, no?
I think this sort of thinking might make sense if the Mavs see themselves in a rebuilding phase -- where collecting assets is a goal in itself, and the fit is of secondary importance.
Would probably need to understand more specifically what you mean by "at a discount." At some price point, that may be true. But it seems like a FRP, even if in the distant future, might well be a more widely prized asset than LM for three years at a million or two off his asking price.
At any rate, if the Mavs view themselves as a "win now" team, fit actually does matter. As badly as they need another playmaker and rim protection, I don't fully understand why they want to spend one of their few assets on an eighth big man who is a one-way offensive player. Yes, the new big man will himself be a piece available for trade, but it might not be that easy to turn him into a more needed asset. At least right now, it doesn't look like teams are lining up to nab him.