2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Chicagojk]

Biggest needs now are a center and PF. SnT is realistically off the table as Mavs will be over the hard cap line. All they have regarding FA is rMLE. 

Best option for a trade is draft night where Mavs have the 2022 pick and 2027 one available. If they don't do it on draft night, the options in the summer are again extremely limited until the 2023 pick converts. We have seen that a couple of serious contenders generated serious flexibility. Miami has 2022 and 2023 FRP available for trade. BKN has the two Philly picks. So both teams have arguably better picks than Mavs and not worse contracts to play in trades.  Mavs need a serious "Robin", Miami and BKN are perfectly fine getting a third banana type of player. Breaktrough Memphis has 3 picks in 2022 alone and a horde of decent contracts. Golden state, Chicago, Milwaukee and Denver will all have picks in this draft too. 

Mavs execution will be on a real test, but I am starting to prepare myself that 2022-23 team will be very similar to what we have now.

This is what I keep on coming back to.  I understand posters who wanted a clean break from KP.  I get it.  I wasn't quite there yet, but had made posts the last few weeks that I had my doubts if it was going to work out for him here.

So now he is gone....now what?   The Mavs are still asset poor.....and now desperate.   As you state above, Dallas is going to be deficient in most trade packages when good players hit the market.    Other teams have more stuff.  I still think this summer or next trade deadline they can offer picks and pick swaps for an all in move.  But is this team ready for an all in move now?  For instance, if you went all in for John Collins, is this team built ready for a championship?  It would really help if that star player said he wants to go to Dallas.  It may give us a shot.   It just feels like we are two really good players away.   I can see us getting 1 with an all in move.  How do we get the other?  A lot of smart teams out there too.