05-09-2022, 12:55 PM
Mavs need to get better, no matter where they end this season. But that doesn't mean a massive change. Just add some useful 2-way talent. Assuming Brunson stays (and no good reason to think he won't), I think the target this summer should be 1-2 adds of the Bullock ilk Not necessarily a 3-and-D wing, but MLE-ish salary guys with some 2-way talent.
You might can get 1 with the TE for a bit more than MLE, and a 2nd for the 6M MLE. In theory, Green or Franky or maybe even Brown or the pick could become one of those, but add at least one from outside too.
What this team needs is 2-way players, and they do have some already, which is making a difference. Each addition of someone like that has a ripple effect to make everyone else better.
In theory, chasing another star player seems like a big step that's needed. But the reality is that
1 "Luka and friends" has a very high ceiling, as long as there are enough friends to fill the various needs from game to game, and
2 the options being discussed are usually more of a big salary than a player who can truly be a 1B. In fact, there's valid reason to think that JB might have the makeup (both talent and mindset) to be that 2nd guy, as he finds answers and hits big shots (and has a track record of being a winner and leader), and perhaps at a price that makes way more sense than so many of these proposed targets.
I think they can live with THJ, Bertans, Dinwiddie (while wishing they were paid a few mill less), with the hope that another year under Kidd might make them even more valuable, so not in a hurry to move them (but open to offers that make sense).
You might can get 1 with the TE for a bit more than MLE, and a 2nd for the 6M MLE. In theory, Green or Franky or maybe even Brown or the pick could become one of those, but add at least one from outside too.
What this team needs is 2-way players, and they do have some already, which is making a difference. Each addition of someone like that has a ripple effect to make everyone else better.
In theory, chasing another star player seems like a big step that's needed. But the reality is that
1 "Luka and friends" has a very high ceiling, as long as there are enough friends to fill the various needs from game to game, and
2 the options being discussed are usually more of a big salary than a player who can truly be a 1B. In fact, there's valid reason to think that JB might have the makeup (both talent and mindset) to be that 2nd guy, as he finds answers and hits big shots (and has a track record of being a winner and leader), and perhaps at a price that makes way more sense than so many of these proposed targets.
I think they can live with THJ, Bertans, Dinwiddie (while wishing they were paid a few mill less), with the hope that another year under Kidd might make them even more valuable, so not in a hurry to move them (but open to offers that make sense).
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