2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

One darkhorse deal I'm keeping an eye on is what the Pelicans plan to do with Lonzo Ball. He played well for a while and improved his 3-point shot, but it seems like he might be on the outs for them long-term and he's coming up on his last season before RFA status. I think a properly coached Ball could be exactly the type of backcourt defender and secondary playmaker who would look really good next to Luka. Wright + #18 probably isn't enough, but it's something to watch.

I haven't given Ball a moments thought, nor have I watched him at all this season. I'm a bit surprised how he's transitioned his game.

No idea what is fair, but they have a LOT of mouths to feed. Ingram will be near max, Zion will get there and Holiday is highly paid. Favors is also important to them and will probably require something just north of the MLE as they can't afford to try life without him. He has the teams best on minus off rating.

So, your theory is they have to offload now rather than losing him for nothing in 2021?. Calculating value is a challenge. He's a big name because of his draft position. But, some advanced stats are good and some aren't. PER is 13, TS% is .517 and WS/48 is 0.58. On the other hand, PIPM and RMP like him. Could you get there with #18 and Brunson with Jackson as the expiring filler? I don't think they would value Curry. Such a deal matches if you wait until the new season year to complete it. Feels a little light still.

Don´t think that they will resign Favors. At least not for a lot of money. Simply not a good fit next to Zion. He is a great player and one of the best defensive bigs in the league but they need a stretch big next to Zion. Favors missed a lot of games early in the season and when Zion returned as well no one realized that Favors had a way bigger on court impact. At +9.0 he leads them in on/off and ranks 2nd behind Zion in on court rating at +4.5.
Favors single handedly turned a bottom 10 defense into a top 10 defense. The Pelicans started the season 6-22. With a healthy Favors they they had a 22-14 record in the remaining games before the corona break.
Would be a great fit on the Mavs but at this point I have given up hope when it comes to Favors in a Mavs jersey. Mavs had multiple opportunities to sign him but they never showed any interest.

I would love for the Mavs to go after Favors. I think AG is a better fit age-wise, but adding Favors without subtracting anyone would put the Mavs on the threshold of being bona fide contenders next year. If the MBT seriously had no interest in Favors (as opposed to the other way around), I would view it as objective proof that they binarily did not know how to build a team around Luka and KP, and they need to be replaced in order for a Luka-KP team ever to contend.