05-28-2022, 04:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2022, 07:02 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(05-28-2022, 03:46 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I'm of the opinion that Timmy's defensive woes make him a non-fit for these Mavs (i.e. a Luka-Brunson-SD-DFS-RB-Maxi-our new center core), as well as taking the ball out of the hands of better offensive players. I get not dumping him to dump him, but on the other hand I firmly believe that playing him in the interests of raising his value for trades the first few months of next year will hurt team chemistry and defense, and likely cost us wins. I would have no problem whatsoever with using our first (it's a 26th pick, folks. How much confidence do you have in our current, untried BT to nail a pick in that range?) to de-clutter our payroll. If we get something helpful back in return, even better.
I tend to agree with this, but I’m not sure now is the best time to fix that. However, does it have to be a salary as large as THJ to do some good? I’m not sure OKC would take on Hardaway’s multi-year deal anyway.
Maybe they eat one year of much smaller salaried Powell for something. Getting rid of $11mm would make using the TP-MLE more financially feasible (and as I think FG has pointed out is would create a new TPE that would carry past the end of June). I’m not thinking in terms of a straight dump. Maybe you take back Kenrich Williams (since everyone is so broken up about the need to have TCU players on the roster). Williams could be that defensive 3/4 wing that takes some of the pressure off of DFS. There are all sorts of things you could do with OKC, but cheap expiring Williams makes the most sense to me.
What would we give? I could see them having a use for Green. He certainly fits the timeline better than Williams. Maybe they swap of 26 for 30 or 26 for 34 (since we are taking Kamgate anyway and 26 is a bit high for him). The main thing isn’t Williams or the later pick. It is managing salary in a way that allows them to use the TP-MLE without it costing $25mm (at least relative to where they are already). Sending out $14mm and bringing back $2mm and also saving money on the lower pick and then spending the savings on the TP-MLE isn’t being cheap. It is being financially flexible.