2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[SleepingHero]

Still think that Lonzo is at least an above average starter in the modern NBA. Right now he basically plays like an oldman JKidd with less veteran leadership and experience.
His biggest weakness is the lack of on ball shot creation and finishing ability at the rim. Next to Luka he wouldn´t need both and could focus on his strengths:
- Spot up shooting. 39% from 3 on over 4 attempts.
- Transition offense
- Team/Help defense and rebounding


If the Pelicans really want to trade him the Mavs should be all over it. Maybe they could even expand the trade to include Favors (sign and trade/ seperate deal) or Holiday. The Mavs add win now pieces while the Pelicans rebuild around Ingram and Zion.

Curry + THJ + 18 + 31 + 2025 1st for Lonzo + Holiday

Curry + THJ + 18 + 31 for Lonzo + Favors

If we're going to trade Curry, I'd want at least Reddick back. Mavs need shooters. Curry is statistically one of the best of all time. We can't just readily give that away for an experiment. 

The Lonzo idea is growing on me. Pelican forums believe if the FO is going to trade anyone, it'd either be 1 of Lonzo or Jrue, not both, since both of them like playing the off guard. So I think that puts a wrench in your first trade proposal.

I think if we're going to trade for Lonzo, including both 18+31 feels like an overpay for me. One trade package I think that is deserving of that and solves our wing/shooting issues is 

THJ+Wright+18+31+another pick to CHI for OPJ+Markkanen. Bulls seem out on Markkanen and are trying to save money. This trade saves the Bulls 6 million and gives them a point guard they desperately need and a shooting guard if they want to try and explore trading Lavine.

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Am I the only one who really likes WCS, Burke, and MKG for our bench next year and is afraid that the Mavs will find a way not to retain any of them?

Yes...?

Just kidding. I'm out on WCS. He had multiple chances to shine here and he never did. I would rather just give more minutes to Boban. He's shown he can at least be effective on offense, and his sheer size is enough to at least cause teams to think about driving. Also since Powell is hypothetically going to be coming back, there isn't much of a reason to retain WCS.

MKG Im also out on. You can't have a guy on an NBA roster that scores 2 points every 3 games, no matter how good his defense his.

Burke I really like. I liked him last season and was puzzled why the Mavs made no attempts to resign him on the cheap and instead go for someone like Wright. Especially because Burke showed some flashes of some serious offensive talent to end the year last year.