2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Mavs2019]

Will Covington really cost more than Brunson+Jackson+Powell+a high 2nd and eating Dieng´s contract?

I mean why not throw in Luka too?


RoCo is a role player. A highly valued one, but still a role player. And you're proposing giving Minny 3 role players, a high 2nd, ON TOP of eating a massive contract thats attached to a deadweight player??

Thats before getting into how important having a roll man in with Luka and KP is, and we're trading Powell away with no clear cut replacement for that. Jackson is currently one of the best 3pt shooters off the bench in the league. And all of that for a good 3 and D guy???

A trade like that would not only change the entire teams identity, but would be just downright awful.

We need to consolidate our roster. That means upgrading step by step. Justin Jackson becomes an UFA in 2021. RoCo is a better player than him. The defensive difference is like night and day, while the 3pt shooting is basically the same. Yes Dwight Powell is good at rim-running. You know what he´s also awful at? Defensive awareness like closing out shooters (1st and 2nd half yesterday). He´s replaceable.

People always act like Dieng is such a trainwreck. He´s had a positive  (ORtg - DRtg) net rating for every single year of his seven year MINNESOTA career. He shoots 50% from the field and 33% from three for his career. What the Wolves have done to him is nothing short of defamation. Is he overpaid. Hell yes. So is THJ. Doesn´t make them bad players. We can easily cope with him as a back-up center for 1 1/2 years, especially when his defensive running mates are Wright, DFS and Kleber.

Covington makes $13M through 2022. That´s a great deal. He´d basically replace Powell on the salary cap chart without hurting our 2021 capspace. 

If we can go into 2021 with

Luka/Wright
XXX /Curry
RoCo/DFS
XXX/ Kleber
Porzingis/ XXX

plus 2020 1st round pick and $50M in capspace, I´m in a good place.