05-03-2022, 12:19 PM
(05-03-2022, 11:56 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: They can do both. There are young players like Hartenstein out there that can be had for the taxpayer MLE imho. Furthermore why not simply make the 26th pick for yourself and then you can still decide (six months down the road) whether you want to trade that pick or a future pick.
We need to make at least more sophisticated mid-term plans and not try to fix everything now, when it´s simply not there. Even getting Myles Turner immediately is not going to make us a contender. The Mavs have acted like short-term morons for far too long.
It´s absolutely stupid how this franchise wasted the Doncic/Brunson/DFS situation. They have found three NBA starters for a total salary of $15M. That means for two years they sat on hypothetical capspace of $100M. They also pissed away the #1 lottery odds in the Tatum/Ball draft. And if they tanked the Doncic draft properly they could have kept their 2019 pick and should have tanked that season, too.
I seriously doubt they can get Hartenstein for the tax MLE. I am skeptical they can significantly improve the frontcourt the tax MLE or a late first (in the short term). I'm not that sure that adding a healthy Turner does not make this team a contender. But even if we are still a step away, we are giving up salary filler and a late first for an elite defensive big man that just turned 26. There are worse things we could do with that pick.