2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

1) If the Mavs lose MC, you’d have to question their competence.
2) Schoder is a below average player, who’s borderline bad because he plays like he thinks he’s good. I wouldn’t put much into acquiring him. Team killer/progress stopper.
3) The Mavs aren’t getting MT or JC for rentals, roster filler, and a distant draft pick. 

I don’t see big possibilities for a meaningful trade.  The players with value, JB and DFS, would both be rentals. THJ, KP, Powell make too much money to bring back equivalent or greater value.  They have upside down contracts.  Maxi is probably tradeable in a minor deal. The rest of the roster has very low trade value. The best bet is to hang on to MC and just dump WCS.

I agree with your top three points, but I think you are under valuing some of the contracts.  Brunson and DFS are rentals but there a lot of teams over the cap and their bird rights have value.  I don't think THJ and KP are "upside down".  THJ is an established volume shooter and they get paid.  He also has a descending contract that can be very attractive in some cases.  I don't think he has a lot of positive value, but I think we could easily trade him for expiring if we wanted.  KP has value right now.  I'm not sure how much, but he is playing like a top 50 player.  His value takes a hit due to availability concerns, but he still has value.  Hell the way Powell has been thriving under Kidd's defensive system, I'm not sure it would take an asset to trade his contract either.