2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Lots of talk about finding the defensive wing, center, and even the direction of the roster.

So far when it comes to a defensive wing like others have said it's going to be really hard to find any sort of consistent minutes for this new guy with Hardaway and even Green on the roster. 

We've done some breakdowns before but I want to give a rough restatement before we talk about adding this wing we need to cut minutes anyways. 

Luka(35), JB (30), Dinwiddie (27), Bullock (30), DFS (33), Maxi (25), Wood (28-30?) is 210 minutes there already. We have 38 mins to split among Green, THJ, Powell, Bertans, and Frank. Add in the supposed Dragic connection as well. Assume Powell, Bertans, and Frank and even Dragic are DNP's every night unless there's an injury report, that's still just 19 mins a game for both Green and THJ. Not ideal. 

Getting another guy to fill this wing role just isn't going to happen with that kind of minute distribution. Especially if we're trying to develop Green into something more, which will require minutes. Looking at the fact the Mavs stated they're looking for a wing still, this feels like it almost guarantees that we're going to trade THJ to me.

But onto a list of guys that I really like for the wing we're supposedly looking for:

• Joe Ingles-Dude is a vet, is savvy, and has connections on the team already. This hinges on him being ready to start the next season healthy, and the jury is out if he can even still perform, but I think he can be had for the TPMLE and he brings the feistiness every team needs.
  
• PJ Tucker- kind of a pipe dream, he's the ideal guy. Others have already mentioned how we'd need to money-whip him for it to make sense. I'm honestly ok with throwing 3/20 at him as long as he comes here.
  
• Kyle Anderson- Slowmo as a 3rd wing off the bench is a luxury. He's long, solid defender, that can sometimes hit a three. We could do worse. 
  
• Either of the Martin twins- both are solid forwards that are fine riding a bench. And both could probably be had for a minimum contract
  
• Thad Young- Another ideal fit. I really like him next to Wood as he can guard the perimeter and even bigger bodies.
  
• Nic Batum- Another pipedream that might be already dead given that he's already stated how he wants to stay with the Clips, but figured I'd mention him here to cover the bases. 
  

One trade target I think that could make sense is Josh Hart. Dude is a rebounding machine and is fine coming off the bench. Portland is desperate for talent in their weird 1 year rebuild plan, and Timmy would make sense next to Dame there. This mostly is predicated on the idea that POR is going to have a tough time rebuilding on the fly and would be motivated to accumulate as much above average talent as possible when they inevitably miss on all the big fish. 


I also am incredibly intrigued by Dan's idea of splitting either THJ or SD into 2 smaller contracts in an attempt to save money. I think that's a viable strategy and am sort of convinced the next move will mimic the general framework of that idea. I don't think Dinwiddie is realistically available though, as I think he's core to what the Mavs are trying to do and there aren't much better creators available to replace him right now. 


THJ for Hart works straight up, and saves the Mavs 7 mil in the process. Getting Hart gets the Mavs their defensive minded wing, and allows the TP-MLE to be used on a center, whoever that may be. This move also maintains the amount of current roster spots available, thus letting us keep Pinson, and add the elusive Slovenian Dragon the Mavs have been hunting for the last 2 years.