2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[ItsGoTime]

We need to consolidate our roster.

I've been saying this for a while. Anyone complaining about anyone not getting enough minutes should agree. Fixing the starting spots is the biggest need and should be set before the bench is. If weakening the bench is necessary to strengthen the starting unit, I can't see why that is thought of as the tragedy some are making it out to be.

Guys who are very consolidatable for one reason or another: DP, JJ, JB, SC, DFS, Roby, Boban

Guys I'd rather keep, but if the right return is presented should have their bags packed: DW, MK

Can we also talk about the need for "elite" rim running? So, what Powell does is set a pick, run to the rim, catch a lob and dunk it? What big in the NBA when asked to do that and has multiple willing and able counterparts, won't do it? Someone said that Adams is not a rim runner, besides the fact that every big in the NBA is a rim runner when asked and shown the way (I don't think it'd take the 2-3 years DP took to get it down either), when he was with RW, he did a lot of rim running. Ask Thundermav if you don't believe me.

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So, the proposal above is too much.  Too much to give up, too much disruption to Dallas and too much future money for Minnesota.

I mean, is RoCo on the trading block? I don't see why he would be. If he's not, it'll take a somewhat lopsided trade to bring him here (maybe the second doesn't need to be included, but Min, I would think, wants to put their best foot forward and get pieces that work now and for the future). That trade gives us a piece of the future who would play at a high starter level for a long time. Dieng isn't a slouch, just not what Min needs at the moment, esp with his contract. The trade only lowers our # by 1 player. Our 9 man rotation would be:

Luka/THJ/RoCo/KP/Maxi 

Wright/Curry/DFS/Dieng

Look at all that defense, so we drop to the #3 offense and raise to the #5 defense in the league while adding minutes to guys who can use them well. I also don't see how those guys wouldn't be able to create the same bond they have now. We go into the offseason targeting Favors and possibly trying to find an upgrade to THJ and the team is then pretty stacked.

The other issue here is Minnesota is a mediocre Offensive team and a bad Defensive team and this is giving away their two best defenders. 

Giving away their best 2 defenders to get 3 offensive weapons seems like the right kind of idea to make their offense (possibly) explode. I wouldn't mind swapping out Curry for Powell in the trade as well, that just guts them of playable bigs.