06-11-2022, 04:03 PM
(06-11-2022, 02:05 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Yeah, I guess I just took it a different way than you. Again, taking this quote at face value and trusting it (huge if's, I get that), my takeaway was less about free agency (seems obvious that they can't afford more in free agency, so how could that news be helpful in any way to anyone) and more about what funds they want to allocate to the center position under any circumstances.
You might be right, not sure.
This was an article about Robinson, not Dallas. He tried to fit Mavs into the conversation, and was told he made too much money to interest the Mavs. His wording says that Mavs are only looking at "free agent centers" who will be cheaper, and we know why.
But it doesn't mean that's necessarily their one and only pool of prospects to meet that need.
I can see them considering free agents like Smith or Hartenstein who seem likely to be available in that range. Arguing against them using free agency is the fact that puts them at 18 (adding 1, subtracting 0) bodies.