03-07-2022, 03:25 PM
(03-07-2022, 03:04 PM)Mavsfan12 Wrote: Me too! Bullock AND Maxi. Throw in DFS and those are the kind of players I want to be adding to this thing - not subtract. I think that some Mavs fans have gotten so used to one way players that they can't see the value of these two way guys! Finally, the Mavs have started accumulating just the kind of players that are perfect around Doncic (can hit open shots, defend at a high level), and y'all want to trade them? Players that need to be gone are the remaining one ways: THJ is obviously the guy. I would take Bullock all day, every day over THJ - even at same salary. He is guarding 1-4 regularly and until the last few games, has been absolutely amazing shooting the ball. I would actually posit that he is being OVERUSED recently, which maybe has a bit of an effect on his shooting. He has been playing around 40 min per! But his D has been so good, so versatile, that he can't come off the floor.
Sign me up for a trade that finds a home for THJ, brings in a useful big, and continues the growth that this team has experienced the last couple of months - and accelerated since the trade added another point of attack. They have a great model going with player skillsets and are rotating them well having the personnel to do so. I believe that it is always nice to have more shooters, so I don't want to just give THJ away for air, but having SD/RB on the floor is preferable to him for this roster. If you can upgrade at the 4/5 using him, then do it. If you can get a really nice player - such as a Collins to help at a position of need, then yeah, make a bigger trade... but TH? No thanks. Even though he'd be good here, I wouldn't trade Bullock and Maxi for him even if the money was the same. I also believe that JG is growing into that same desired skillset and shouldn't be simply jettisoned in a trade that doesn't move the needle towards being a 2-way team.
This team has unlocked its potential by being able to attack the defense no matter if they try to take our primary away, and then being long and versatile on D. I can't see the Mavs moving away from that.
I tend to agree with most, if not all of this.
Consider Burke, Brown, Bobi, Frank and Chriss as roster flotsam. They are there to help you get through the grind of the regular season and potentially offer small salary filler to a deal. As far as 11-15 on a roster go, it is a pretty typical bag a meh that you would find on any NBA roster. I would like if one of the 11-15 guys next season were this year's first round pick.
The 1-10 spots kind of break down as follows:
Guards (96 minutes): Luka, JB, SD
Wings (96 Minutes): DFS, Bullock, Green
Bigs (48 Minutes): DP, Maxi
Overpaid Snipers: THJ, DB
Mavs need to improve the Bigs group and would be nice to add a 4th to the Wings group as well. I want them to hang on to Green and make their selection this year and see if they can develop some more cheap talent.
I think that means, for me, that it comes down to Bullock vs Maxi. I am not breaking up the 3 headed monster at guard (if JB stays). DFS isn't going anywhere and DP has more value to the Mavs than anyone else.
The Mavs may go a totally different route and look to deal the FRP and/or Green. If it's my offseason, I am looking at dealing one of Maxi/Bullock and hoping to deal one of THJ/DB.