06-04-2022, 09:16 PM
(06-04-2022, 06:23 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: The free agent spots like Houston and Detroit aren´t exactly destinations or/and have a few young centers already plus incoming high end draft picks. Detroit doesn´t even have that much capspace considering MB III has a $28M caphold. So they have to get his extension over the line quickly to even have the necessary money to pay somebody like Ayton.
Imho people will be surprised what you can get for $6.8M or whatever the exact number is.
Outside of the trade and draft options, I´m pretty confident that we can get one of Hartenstein, Smith or Bryant (all 25 or younger) to bite on our offer. And if they stay with their respective teams that means Zubac, Gafford and Bitadze should be available, who are also very capable young centers.
I doubt Bagley presents any issues to DET. Does he even get a QO from them? I wouldn't offer one. And letting go of his Bird rights whenever room is needed (if that should happen) is not a big deal.
Your list makes sense, though not sure I'd be all that interested in some of them. We're looking for an upgrade and some seem to me to be warm bodies who are big, but perhaps not playable in big games. As much as I'm ready to move on from Powell, change just for the sake of change is even less appealing imo.
Mavs MLE should be close to 6.2M. I hope you are right in thinking it will be able to land someone desirable who can be a useful regular. I hope Cuban will be incredibly willing to spend that MLE, and the TPE too, assuming they find a player who can be a regular, rather than cry poverty (or feign inability to have a use for either). I have long been interested in Holmes using the TPE and think a Powell for Holmes deal is one that has promise (including ways to include others as needed on either side, ways to keep from being even more buried in tax by moving the TPE to the future in such a deal, so to speak, and more).