2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[StepBackJay]

I understand your distinctions, but I don't make them because I think this team has the assets to get 1-2 players in the 5-9 range (which means you don't give up someone in that range to make a lateral move) whereas I think grander designs strip the roster almost bare of players you really NEED. Solid useful playable players have a ripple effect, when you are thin and your few get overused (and performance sags with fatigue and even minor injuries). See Dinwiddie and Bertans, neither of whom is great but who made huge impacts just by being available.

On the SNT limits, I don't worry about showing the math. They're at the apron as is already, without Brunson. While doable in theory, the added hidden costs of trying to get to a SNT for a player considered worth the trouble would end up making the transaction not worth it.

I agree with this assessment and I think this is where you see contending teams (ie final four teams) upgrade. I don't believe Mavs will risk taking a step back by trading off one of their top 6 guys. Everyone after that is movable for the right deal. Mavs needed 8 guys they could trust against the Warriors and they had basically 6. I am of the mind that Bullock got worn out. If you had another 2-way wing you trusted that could help DFS and Bullock not get worn out. Frank was good against PHX but his lack of offense made him unplayable against the Warriors. Looney punished that Mavs for going small. Mavs need someone better than Powell who after 3 series has proven to not be a playoff player. Mavs have tools to get man 7 and 8. Upgrading any spot 1-6 would be a tall ask. I am sure they will look at every option but at the end of the day I am betting on smaller depth moves.