2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

There were reasonable routes to sign Collins and Markkanen. Neither the Bulls or Hawks wanted to-resign these players, so if you pushed the envelope, you could have gotten them. We had the outright capspace to sign Markkanen away from the Bulls. We were one trade away from offering Collins the max, which we know the Hawks would very likely not have matched. Or worked out a S&T. Mavs simply preferred to retain THJ over these players.

If you are so fixated on the idea of only getting two way players, why are we re-signing Brunson anyway? He´s not a two-way player by your seemingly ridiculous standards.....and neither is Wood.

Of course the idea that White could be better than Brunson in three years is crazy to you, just like the idea that Brunson could be better than Lowry was crazy to you all 12 months ago or the idea that Brunson could be better than Oladipo three years ago. It´s called forward projection. Sometimes it works out sometimes it doesn´t. Facts are it took Brunson till age 25 to have a better NBA season than White, who is three years younger.

Also I bet a lot that if we lose Brunson, Cuban will do a face-saving trade and Irving is simply the best candidate for it. Wall and Westbrook don´t get you the positive press, he´ll be craving. So it´s either Lavine or Irving. Lavine is likely too expensive and the Nets are much more likely to accept a package around Dinwiddie + Kleber to get rid of that nutjob.

Markkanen was not worth the risk/expense of going after, and Collins at max would have been an overpay and a good chance they match from an asset perspective and leave us totally screwed.  The restricted road is messy at best and not one to count on.

Why am I fixated on signing Brunson?  Because its by far the best option from an asset perspective.  You know that.  The Nicks have cleared most of the space they need already.  We are not getting anything of value in a convoluted S&T.

The idea of White being better than Brunson is crazy to me because he is so bad defensively he will need to be Lavine level offensively to be better than Brunson.  And a player making a Brunson level jump is rare.  Coby would need to do it more than once to be better than Brunson.  

I would be more than willing to do a sig bet regarding the Mavs getting Irving.  Its not going to happen.