2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[loki]

I think your view of what the bottom rungs of a title-chasing team should look like is unrealistic. It's not going to have guys who could fill regular roles (top 8-9) on most teams. (It's also not going to have a whole slew of development guys who the coach can't trust.)

Your idea to just use any ole guy in the Burke role is silly. It's clear you don't understand his value, but the Mavs do. I am certainly not "creating" a need for such a player or a use for Burke, merely recognizing what is.

Finding an offense-creator is hard, and having an extra one in that bottom 5 for "just in case" is valuable. The need for an extra arises with some regularity. It has looked like they would love for Franky or Green to become that guy, but it's not as simple as just proclaiming them to be up to it. They tried to use them there but it didn't work. I'm sure they will try some more at times. But that is why you keep a guy like Burke, until and unless you have another in hand. 

Mavs have other more pressing issues. No desire to create more holes to fix.

If the Mavs re-sign Brunson they are already sitting at 15 contracts not including the 26th pick, taxpayer MLE, and Pinson. Who would you expect them to trade or waive to make room for the new guys? Burke seems like one of the most likely candidates to me. 3rd stringers making $3.3m are tough to swallow when they cost you $12m in tax.