01-06-2022, 10:38 PM
(01-06-2022, 09:20 PM)Kammrath Wrote: I honestly will be SHOCKED if PHI is able to get a better player than JB in a Simmons trade. Shocked.
I really struggle with Brunson's trade value. For one, he will be a UFA in a couple of months. How much value is 2 months of Brunson and bird rights worth? Do these kind of trades happen with a future contract settled on? Otherwise the buying team is incurring a lot of risk that he just walks (what we are worried about now).
Also, Brunson is at his most valuable when he is the primary creator on offense. Most of his biggest games are when he starts because Luka is out, and otherwise he is at his best running the second unit. He really is a poor man's Luka. The reality is he is a perfect 6th man (one of the problems with this team is that we have 2 6th men and not enough starters). I think its still an open question how effective he can be as a regular starter complementing Luka. I feel like this is something the Mavs really need to evaluate before the TDL because I think its less likely he stays here to be a 6th man.