TRADE: Dinwiddie + Bertans to DAL | KP + 2nd to WAS

[DanSchwartzgan]

Tim Cato had an article about the trade.  He thinks Dinwiddie is a 15-20 minute per game player.  Said he doesn't think he will be play a lot with Luka.   If you can coach him into an incredibly direct bench scorer, this could work.  But also mentioned if he is the player he has been for Washington, he could see him falling out of a playoff rotation mid series.  Mentioned his trouble getting to the rim after his surgery.

Thinks Bertans is a 10-20 minute guy if effective as a stretch 4.  If he isn't, he'll end up like  Nicolo Melli did last season.  

Not a negative article, talks about both sides of the trade.

I”m listening to his podcast now….making notes as they talk:

Cato:  What did we really give up in KP as pertains to the rest of this season.  Mav’s have toyed with benching him late in games.  It wasn’t just minute limits that had him not playing late in the fourth.  Issue is D when teams go small.  Ceiling is lower, but how much worse are we certain they are.  What are we really missing? 

Guests:  Interior D and the occasional game where he has a big scoring night.  Who else can do that.  It doesn’t change regular season, but limits the punchers chance we might have had in the second round).

Guests:  Summer…can’t have THJ, SD and Bertans coming off the bench at the money they make.  Something has to give.  FO betting on themselves that greater flexibility allows them to better make improvements in the summer.

Cato:  Why are fans so angry

Guests:  Dallas traded the best player in the deal and distrust of FO.  Fans are tired of hearing space and flexibility.  Why now is another element.  Could have been this summer (Cato pushes back…too much risk in waiting).

Cato:  Good set up for the middle of a rebuilding process.  Never really rebuilt because they were good too fast.  Poured assets into KP and didn’t have the extra pieces and picks (like Atlanta or Memphis or Phoenix) to get a true second star.  This gives the framework of contracts to trade with picks (almost all stars move through trade…not free agency).  KP’s contract was too unwieldy to do that.  (Long way of saying we are better set up today for the next trade than we were Wednesday).  

Cato:  KP wanted to stay here.  He was happy.  Current injury wasn’t a big deal.  This was 100% the Mav’s wanting to set up for the next thing.

Cato:  How do the Mav’s get better.  What does package look like.

Guests:  Love Brunson, but he instantly becomes less valuable as a trade asset once he gets his money.  Talks about S&T Brunson some.  Maybe one of SD or Bertans rebuilds their value.  

Guests:  SD fit with Luka might be clunky.  Not good off the ball.  Could be good sixth man…Spencer to the rescue like 19/20.  Let him cook by himself.  Bertans is a real movement shooter…better than McDermott.  Not expecting much from either, but both could be something.

Cato:  Bertans clearly can shoot.  SD used to take lots of shots near rim.  Fewer now.  Both may not be as athletic as they once were.  Bertans can still knock down corner threes.  But movement may or may not come back.  15 minute a night role for Bertans and maybe 20 minutes for SD.  Both off the bench.

Guests:  Another large guard that you pair with Brunson could work.  You might let SD runs some stuff by himself or he may play some with Luka and some with SD.

Cato:  More likely Luka and Brunson play more minutes together and SD is sole PG.  Don’t think SD is functional next to another PG.  Better on his own being the guy for limited minutes.  Ability to get to the rim is biggest thing he can offer…if he can still do it.

Guest:  Wizards have a weird offense and lane is crowded.  SD has probably lost a step, but thinks there may be more opportunity to get to the rim here.  Would have loved to have also gotten T. Bryant.  

Cato:  Dragic/Boucher for KP might have COST us a pick.  Not the other way.  Deal may have broken down because Dallas was only offering a second.

Summaries:

Guest:  Summary is wait and see.  They may not have been actively looking for second star with KP here.  Now they have to be looking for that second star.

Guest 2:  The Mav’s FO bet on themselves to be able to do more with smaller contracts to work with.

Cato:  They are committed to roster change going forward.

Me:  Guests were less enthralled with this.  One watches a lot of Wiz games because he is on Fred Katz pod fairly often.  Cato doesn’t seem as down.  I don’t think he’s super positive on what we got (though he holds some hope for upside from what they’ve shown).  The main reason is he doesn’t seem at all broken up by what we gave.