(05-05-2022, 07:42 PM)omahen Wrote: Clippers paid 5 FRP, SGA and Gallo for Paul George in 2019. One could say they really gave everything possible. Since then they brought in (notable players only) Morris, Powell, Covington, Kennard and Batum. Batum was the only one signed as a free agent.
Mavs owe one FRP and I am constantly reading how Mavs don't have assets to improve the team.
Leonard cost the Clippers nothing. We spent two first round picks on Luka. We spent two more first round picks and our previous first round draft pick for KP and took back some terrible contracts in THJ and Lee. We are still haven't paid for that initial trade and we even more since it cost us dearly to get off of the max contract we handed out. We also don't have an SGA talent on our roster on a rookie contract. The Mavericks and Dallas have also proven time and time again to not be a destination location for NBA free agents.
MBT went all in on the Luka/KP pairing. They'll go all in again when an opportunity presents itself. You can't go all in every year. The one FRP we owe has protections on it which means our next available pick to trade is pretty far down the road which may not be attractive to a team that is willing to jettison their star and start rebuilding.