(02-15-2022, 05:45 PM)mvossman Wrote: I'm confused how THJ and Dinwiddie are redundant? They are completely different players. THJ and Bertans are redundant. You could make an argument that Dinwiddie and Brunson are redundant.
You think we are shipping out one or both of Powell/Maxi? They are currently our only playable bigs (unless you count DFS). We are horribly thin on bigs at the moment. Don't think we can afford to ship one out.
Who are you getting with that package? A neutral to negative asset, a slightly positive asset, and a late first. That is a lot of salary as well. Maybe Tobias Harris? That would leave us with Powell being our only center. I think we need to bring another big in, not send one out.
THJ and Dinwiddie are both 6’6” high-volume, inefficient guards who can create their own shot. Dinwiddie has better handles and THJ shoots better. They both fill the role of providing a scoring when Luka is out, most likely off of the bench. You can throw Brunson in here if you like because he is a scoring guard, but he is much more efficient and more of a PG than either of these, which is why I excluded him. Also the main point of this post was regarding who the Mavs may trade in the coming offseason and the Mavs don’t want to trade him so he doesn’t fit the topic.
And yes, you mention DFS who currently starts a PF and logs significant minutes at PF, so while I agree we are thin on bigs, I don’t agree they are our only ones. You are also excluding Bertans. It seems you consider him more of a guard since you think he is interchangeable with THJ, but while the guy can shoot like a guard (maybe), he is 6’10” with slow feet and will need to be played at PF to hide his other weaknesses as a player. That means you have Maxi, Powell, and Bertans all competing for minutes and all just OK at what they do. I would personally rather ship Bertans out, but as I mentioned before you won’t be able to move that contract, so that makes Maxi and Powell more expendable.
And the part you seem to be neglecting all together is the part where I said it doesn’t make sense for the Mavs to force a trade since both Powell and Maxi expire next year, so it should only be done as a filler contract…. for a big…