12-21-2019, 12:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-22-2019, 08:57 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(12-21-2019, 11:42 AM)Dahlsim Wrote:(12-21-2019, 11:09 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: .... Maxi is top 4 on the team defensively (538.com data) and has a really unique skill set. I wouldn't want to lose DFS, just move him to sub status. Seems to me you'd want to deal Jackson, GSW and expiring Lee and move the acquired player into the starting lineup and DFS to the bench.
1st, guess I'm not up on my Mavs acronyms but who is GSW?
Ok, now you're going to shift salary and get something impactful from the bottom of your roster, well alrighty then.
Thing about someone like DFS or Kleber is you also have to be careful about your team spirit and chemistry when you talk about moving rotation players from rotations that are already performing well with guys that appear to like and play for each other. Moving guys that are busting their butts for your team ...
Sorry...GSW should have been GSW #2 (early second rounder).
Totally agree regarding your point about moving rotation players who are performing well. A poster on another board made the point that minutes matter too. Guys are busting their butts right now for minutes. Crowd the rotation even further and it might be de-motivating.
As much as anything, I wanted to think through some of the many data points out there to focus my thinking on improving the team. It is a fairly tall task because things are going so well and the roles being filled seem to be delicately balanced. A good bit of attention has been paid to RoCo, but someone like Marcus Morris would probably be less expensive to attain. I'd give Lee and Jackson for him for sure and move DFS to the bench. That would clearly upgrade the starters and would keep DFS on the squad.
There are some cap related reasons I like this too. Moving Jackson free's up $5 million in space next summer and takes us past the MLE in cap space if we want to operate under the cap (amount of space depends on whether we keep our picks or not). If you want to keep Morris, you can use his one year rights and pay him up to 120% of his prior salary...way more than necessary probably considering no contender has cap space. That makes you an over the cap team and can use the MLE and still have plenty of room under the LT. Not sure we have any relationship left with NY to pull off such a deal, but that kind of thing (Morris or someone else) adds to talent and actually adds to summer flexibility.