05-06-2022, 01:27 AM
(05-05-2022, 11:16 PM)cow Wrote: 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.
I think you missed my point. I wasn't trying to imply we should go after George type. But Luka and KP combined cost us far less than what Clippers paid for George alone. Yet Clippers still traded for 4 rotation players in next 2 years and signed one by FA. Mavs have more or less same team with Bullock and Dinwiddie the only changes in the regular rotation. Mavs have plenty of assets.