05-28-2022, 12:23 AM
(05-27-2022, 11:27 PM)F Gump Wrote: I wonder if any of those are available at 6M or less. I'd love to land Looney at that number but suspect he will stay in GS. Drummond maybe? McGee?
Recent history tells us that when you have minutes to offer, you should be able to get the reasonably good, interior-based veteran center who likes your ring-chasing chances. Mavs should certainly be able to offer minutes, assuming Powell is sent packing. In fact, if I'm an agent with a center like that, I'm probably already on the phone to Nico to make sure he knows of the possibility, because the whole world knows the Mavs have a hole to fill.
If you break it all down the options are really not that great. Most teams are either set at starting and even back-up C (for example Boston, Cleveland), or their starter is eating up big minutes (for example Jokic, Capela, Chicago) and the teams that have an actual need often have not much money to offer either (for example Brooklyn, Golden State).
I guess that Nurkic will just stay in Portland, because it makes too much sense for both sides, but if he does want a change of scenery, I think we´ll probably be very high on the list.