01-23-2020, 02:22 PM
(01-23-2020, 01:52 PM)omahen Wrote:(01-23-2020, 01:40 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Just don´t panic. Your contender is build in the summer of 2021/2022, not the winter of 2019/2020. If Minnesota wants too much for Covington, then walk away. One blessing in disguise of the Porzingis trade, is that it actually makes it more difficult for the Mavs to loosely throw away draft picks during the season. Unfortunately they´ll still have plenty of chances on draft night.
Agree about the panic part. However, some trades are imminent, as Mavs have 12 players under contract for next season and it would probably make sense to "promote" Reeves if they believe in him. Theoretically they could sign first rounder and GSW2nd and give a two way to the other second rounder. But how much chance would this guys actually get?
Depth of this team is a problem to some extent, as Brunson and JJ get very inconsistent minutes because there are just too many players that deserve some. Wright already seem to be unhappy by lack of minutes. 3 PG deserving minutes without even counting Barea, 2 SG (THJ, Curry), 2 wings (DFS, JJ) leave no minutes available for youngsters to test them out a bit. PF and C are the only positions where there were enough minutes even before Powell injury, but unfortunately we don't have any youngster at this position. Some consolidation is bound to happen sooner or later. However, I don't see anyone giving a reliable starter for 2, 3 or even 4 bench guys. They want youngsters and picks. The one asset Dallas has (taking back bad money) doesn't seem to really interest anyone. At least not so far.
Without a good upgrading opportunity, I am still all for getting some assets for Lee and our TPE. We will need them when we will be upgrading our bench guys with reliable starters.
I´d judge everything through the agenda 2021.
Instead of giving up the Warriors 2nd and a future 1st for Covington, I just look at Okogie´s ceiling. He´s under contract till 2022/2023, then a RFA.
What if I just offer them Wright +Boban+ Jackson for Okogie + Dieng instead.
It fixes my short-term C problem.
It adds more capspace in 2021.
It adds a potential core roleplayer beyond 2021.
We lose players that are (allegedly) unhappy or realistically cannot be paid beyond 2021.
If we really want a Covington type player, we can always push all our retained assets (Warriors picks, own 2020 pick, future picks) into the middle in the summer of 2021.
Besides the point that two elite defensive guards become UFA in Oladipo and Holiday. Despite being left at the altar many times in the past, the Mavs have to operate like they are the hottest chick on the planet now.