02-11-2022, 12:47 PM
(02-11-2022, 12:18 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: 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.
Exactly. Even if Mavs trade one of the big contract bench guys (THJ, Dinwiddie, Bertans), they will have two left.
I think Mavs FO is drastically worse than top FOs in the league. Look at Miami. In 2019 they had 130 mil locked up in the likes of James Johnson, Whiteside, Olynik and Tyler Johnson. They were a tax team with limited assets. With a series of moves they SnT for Butler than they add Lowry. With a simple move of rarely played second rounder they created flexibility to trade 2 FRP (before they couldn't trade any). A move that showed how Mavs inability to trade 2022 is only in their heads. Mavs are accepting inflexibility as a fact for two seasons because they owe one protected FRP. Look what Bkn and Clippers did. Chicago sold RFA Markkanen that everyone knew wants to leave them, for FRP and a useful bench guy. Mavs dumped Richardson for TPE which will likely not be used, Boston got Derrick White for him and a FRP in the twenties. For three years Mavs have showed zero imagination or out of the box thinking to improve the roster with the limited assets. For three years they failed to add a single solid starter. Like third banana level guy and they had max cap space twice in this time. I am so dissapointed...