08-16-2022, 05:21 PM
(08-16-2022, 05:06 PM)mvossman Wrote: I don't pull that trigger. We are sending out 2 of our top 7 for 1, leaving us super thin even before injuries. Giving up a first will hamstring us for years from making a big pick trade, which might be our only legit way to get a true number 2. Wiggins is the best player in that trade, but he is not a true number 2 and that contract is huge. I think we would be giving up too much.
Wiggins is by far the best creator of those three players. He has enough dog in him to replace RB. It leaves the Mavs short a wing, but perhaps is enough to address the 3-playmaker issue. To me, the only issue is that you have to extend Wiggins after that, and hope he continues to build on what he's done. I think he levelled up to star level - low end of top 50 players - this year. I'm not sure we're going to have a better shot at a second star for the next year or so.
Once again, I'm the rare guy here who's always going to look at getting rid of THJ (and doing it quickly) as addition by subtraction, due to his not fitting into Kidd's defensive schemes.