2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[StepBackJay]

Re: "I view Maxi as infinitely better and I believe Dwight should come off the bench."

My theory is that Maxi is essentially KP's backup so when KP is off the floor they want Maxi doing KP-things (ie blocking shots, shooting 3s).

I'd be cool with that if we could get Maxi up to about 30 MPG

Ya not sure why he doesn't get more minutes. Could be any number of reasons.

Looking at https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/dal/table/game/sort/avgMinutes/dir/desc

You have Luka at 33 mpg, KP at 31, DFS at 29, then DP at 27, THJ at 26, Maxi at 25 and so on. Especially with KP out it's surprising to see recent games of 22, 23, 27 altho he has some that get to 30 and beyond. My guess is for better or worse Mavs want him in that 25 mpg type role.

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The guy whose minutes I think need to be tapered off would be Justin Jackson. At this point he is a developmental type player and also a trade asset. He has gotten a fair bit of run this season, 15 mpg and too much time at PF. I like his shooting but again he should be a fill-in guy on a contending team. If you can replace Jackson with any number of better fitting PFs, preferably ones that play defense I think you are in better shape.