2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

I'm more of an Avdija guy than a Rui guy.  In fact, he's the only reason I even answer the call from Washington.    

Agreed. Avdija is really intriguing to me.  While I'm ready to move on from KP, I wouldn't want to just give him away for cap savings. 

I saw a tweet that described Porzingis time since he's arrived at the Mavs that went like this:
KP gets healthy and is playing like a sub all-star, but fans don't want to trade him because he's too important (trade value highest here)
KP gets injured and is out X amount of games rehabbing the injury and fans start to sour on him.
KP comes back not fully 100% and looks like a shell of what he was. Fans want to trade him the most here. (trade value lowest here)

KP is still our 2nd most important player when healthy and vibing. He should be moved if the Mavs can actually get an asset, and not sold low. Avdija is an asset, but the smorgasbord of returning role players probably makes the Mavs much much worse. I'd probably be more interested if the deal was more like:

KP for Avdija+Kuzma+KCP+1st. For sure a rich deal for the Wizards, but if they are desperate for a star to convince Beal to stay then the Mavs set the price, not the Wizards. 

I will say though the Mavs reported continued interest in Turner might give us a view in how they see KP. I don't see both of those guys playing together. Perhaps Nico is secretly shopping KP.

I still like your proposed 3-team trade with SAC and ATL where the Mavs send KP to SAC, Barnes to ATL, and Collins+Holmes to DAL.