(06-07-2022, 09:06 AM)mvossman Wrote: Is Dillon Brooks the 2 way player to put us over the top? He has a concerning injury history. I'm not sure he is the player I want to bet my future on. This trade also leaves us even thinner in the frontcourt and leaves us with no reasonable way to play 5 out, which was our most effective offense in the playoffs. Memphis is one of the last teams I would want to trade with, and I don't know why a win now team would make a trade like this unless they are swindling us from an asset perspective. I think I would rather be patient than do something like this.Who said anything about putting us over the top and what is the “top”? Next question, does Bullock/Kleber/Powell/#26/and the pick swaps put us over this “top”?
Both players are expiring, so future betting is as far out as that for now (of course, I myself would prefer an extend and trade or some bit of assurance Brooks wants to be here before making the deal). Also, Brooks is the exact type of player we should want to bring in. He has all around basketball skill, hustle and plays with an edge all at just-below-allstar level.
As far as injury history, I went back to see and there is no injury that is in the same place, so it’s not a huge deal to me. Him playing with reckless abandon could possibly be curved a bit to find the fine line as he’s entering his prime.
Why trade with Memphis? To get a good player of course. Why does Memphis trade with us? I don’t know what their team wants exactly, this trade assumes they want JJJ to take over the starting C spot and Adams is a barrier to that. When we add Maxi and Powell to their roster, that should solidify their big rotation with the possibility that Maxi starts for them next to JJJ. There are ?s in there, but I’m mostly trying to figure out an even trade between the teams.
As far as Adams and playing 5 out and how does it all work? I mean, first of all, 5 out is all this group of players we had on the team could do due to the basketball skills they had. Add more basketball skills and maybe Kidd can change things up to be less predictable. At the end of the day, Adams brings rebounding (a large Mavs weakness), rim protection from the start of the game (a large Mavs weakness), toughness (a large Mavs weakness), and good pick setting (something that will not change).
This trade makes us thinner in the front court? It swaps Maxi (really our only playoff playable big) for Adams while having all the same lower end big options (Hartenstein, Muscala et al) as has been discussed (we could still do Holmes and Harkless for THJ). I don’t see the big issue. On top of that, Adams is expiring, if he works, resign him at an appropriate salary. If not, move on.
The trade may not be fully even, I don’t know, but I can’t see why the Mavs (or Mavs fans) wouldn’t do this deal.