2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

 
Mavs: Holmes and Harkless

Kings: Dinwiddie and Burke plus 22 FRP

Burke is the tough contract to move. Brown i think a team would take him at little to no cost. Move him using one of the many small trade exceptions around the league………use the roster spot on Dragic for 10 yr vet min ($2.8) and the roster is complete. 

A few thoughts:

I think Sac. has a greater need for THJ than Dinwiddie.  I don't think you have to attach a FRP in either deal.  Burke isn't difficult to move at all.  Ideally, teams would pay their third PG the minimum or late-first type money.  Burke only has a year left at very little more than that.

Are we sure Dragic is better than Dinwiddie at this point?

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Many of us wanted Holmes.
Even now.

That lineup of yours is a good one, but I just don't think Holmes is going to be a Mav. If the Mavs wanted him, they could have had him already. He was an unrestricted FA. Should have just let go of WCS and THJ, and dump Brown, and worry about trading KP later.

But if he does become a Mav, I'm good with that center rotation.

I think they had a different plan this summer (Lowry).  I think they thought they still had a chance when they decided to keep Willie and operate over the cap.  Once they did that, THJ had to be prioritized over Holmes as they still had KP and 17 other centers.  With Hield now gone and Harkless their best SF, I think Hardaway makes sense in Sac and Holmes makes sense in Dallas.