2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Mavs2021]

"getting rid of" Dinwiddie is a far cry from calling him one of our "greatest strengths".  So, I'll take it.

I was all in on Jalen Smith before Wood.  I don't think Smith has the defensive prowess for the role I envision alongside Wood.  His age is right though.  One thing that gets lost in some of these discussions is the needs here are not single year needs.  Maxi and Powell aren't kids and are both UFA's next summer.  If there is a chance to do more than just a band-aid type fix, I suspect the team does it.  Especially if the contract continues to be perceived as a good value going forward.   I think the Holmes contract will age better than the Dinwiddie contract for trade purposes.  I see the longer term at the lower dollars to be a positive.

Very much agreed on the long-term value contract strategy.

That´s why players like Dragic, D. Green etc. don´t interest me much at minimum plus.

If Cuban wants to pay up we still have trades that can accomplish these things.

Theoretically we now have

TPE 
TP MLE
Vet Min

to fill out the rest of the roster.

If we take on bad contract with the TPE, maybe we can extract a 2nd round pick early enough to pick a sliding Koloko, Kamagate or at least Nzosa.

Zach Collins +#38 for our TPE
Gary Harris TP-MLE
Pick Nzosa #38

Doncic/Dinwiddie/Ntilikina
Brunson/Harris/Green
Bullock/THJ
DFS/Kleber/Bertans
Wood/Powell/Collins/Nzosa