06-05-2022, 10:57 PM
(06-05-2022, 08:45 PM)VintagePejav2 Wrote: Think these are fair criticisms. I just have a hard time believing that Nico and Kidd will want to start the season with Hardaway AND Dinwiddie - we know who showed that they fit in the system (and also who didn’t). Has Muscala ever played in a playoff game? I don’t love Olynyk, but I think he can do a little more offensively than Kleber and just a little less defensively.
Think with the exception, it’s going to be tough to find a player without major question marks. You grab LaRavia in the draft as short term insurance behind Porter and the long term answer.
Cutting Frank is more about his contract being non-guaranteed. You can think of Cory Joseph as the actual replacement and Theo as the replacement for Sterling Brown.
Just throwing a scenario out there that I think is realistic.
I will not be surprised at all if the Mavs start the season with Hardaway and Din. I would be more surprised to see them end the season with both. If they do send out THJ for a center, it needs to be a starter that can rim protect and rebound better than Powell. Olynyk doesn't really meet any of those criteria. I suppose Cory is an upgrade over Burke, but not really enough to move the needle. I don't see him getting significant minutes in the playoffs.
If that is what we are looking at in a THJ trade, then I would rather just hold onto him. It would not be the end of the world to run it back while taking BPA in the draft and BPA center depth with the MLE (and cut Brown and Burke). Then make a move at the TDL if necessary.