2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[ItsGoTime]

That´s a kinda funny look at our players.

Luka, DFS, Maxi, Brunson were all bargains for the Mavs - WCS and THJ were absolutly worth their money. Then there are Powell and KP who might have been overpayed, but were also hold back by injuries.
Yes, Green and Terry had rough rookie seasons in a unusual year. 

The problem was we traded Seth for JRich and are still missing a second/third wheel. We have about 20Mio+ to find one.

So, a few things about the bolded. 

I think at this point in his career and taking this last season under consideration, Maxi's contract is at or above his value on the court (at least in terms of what other teams would value him in trade).

I think in terms of THJ's "another team's value" I agree that he was worth his contract to some teams that need that kind of production, not all teams, and not the Mavs. We need more from one of the open positions (SG-PF or SG, SF and C depending on where KP lands with Kidd). IF DFS is staying AND starting, he takes up the SF spot as a defender/glue guy that isn't a creator/distributor. That means we NEED to find a creator/defender/distributor in at least 1 of the other 2 open positions, SG and PF or C. We NEED a couple more high end perimeter defenders at that point because of what the rest of the team is on defense. We also NEED a bigger body in that PF or C spot to take the bigger bodied players in the league off of KP's hands. I just don't see what they see in making THJ a priority signing in the offseason, unless he's a priority 6th man signing at $12-15M.

Powell's contract and playing position are pretty big obstacles for this roster, I think it is underselling it to say he "might have been overpayed".

Based on last season's production, KP is also not in "might have been overpayed" territory. I doubt there is a team out there that wants him bad enough to pay what the Mavs should get in trade for him. I think he'll show up in the early part of the season and show what he's worth, I won't bet against him playing well enough to make the all star team in all honesty. However, as of right now, in this moment, the people that are most down on him (looking at you KL and DFS98) are closer to right than those who are most high on him.

Green had a horrible rookie season, Terry had a disastrous few games and then was non-existent. Doubt there are many teams that would view either as an asset right now, but there are probably a few.

After all that, saying "The problem was" and then referring to the Curry for JRich trade as being THE problem with last year's team seems too far off the mark to me. Sure, Having Curry on that team last year MIGHT have been an improvement. I really doubt the improvement in him personally would have been the same as we saw in PHI though. He just wasn't utilized well enough here, and his confidence in shooting the ball skyrocketed in PHI. Here he was a timid shooter that would only put the ball up on WIDE, WIDE, WIDE open shots, and hardly was a crunch time savior because of that too.