05-03-2022, 11:36 AM
(05-03-2022, 11:19 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I think if the Mavs really want Turner, they can get him. He´s an expiring contract, and just in the right leverage to skill range that he is too valuable to lose for nothing, but not valuable enough to be extraordinarly expensive or a huge priority in the free agent market. Rehab THJ´s value a bit and such a deal THJ/Powell could probably be done at the deadline.
Turner is not a no brainer either, so if the Pacers start asking for 1st round picks, the deal is dead. We just offer the full taypayer MLE to Smith and see whether his loyalty to the Pacers is big enough to forfeit $2M annually and the chance to get paid in the future by playing with the best player in the league. Obviously there is the threat of another team offering the full MLE to Smith.
I am guessing the Mavs are going to want to address the frontcourt issue in the offseason, not wait and hope to make a deadline trade. I don't see a trade for Myles happening without sending the first and a THJ+Powell+first is probably not enough either (but I pull this trigger if it is).