(09-17-2022, 12:55 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Luka already banged up. DFS + Kleber locked in. Cap rising to 134. Lack of a young star and assets.Alright, it's yet another slow day so I'm gonna go down this will-never-happen rabbit hole with you. We'll start with your trade, but make the money work.
Westbrook for Dinwiddie + THJ + Bertans + 1st round pick is still our best option to a quick 12 months tank + real contender rebuild.
1. You get a top 10 pick in the best draft in ages.
2. You get rid of all the dead wood from the previous administration in 12 months (Powell, Dinwiddie, Bertans, THJ).
3. You get 54M in capspace to shape the team to your liking in the free agent market.
4. You gain an additional 1st round pick to use in a trade.
5. You can develop your own pick Hardy.
That´s honestly what a NEW GM would/should do to quickly mold a team to his own liking and take full ownership of failure and success. Or go and hide behind the crap of the previous administration by carrying their poopbucket around.
LA gets: SD/THJ/Bertans
Dal gets: RW/Kendrick Nunn/27 first unprotected/29 first top 10 protected
The inclusion of SD gets us the extra pick from the Lakers. Nunn is expiring salary that brings the money much closer.
Now that we've gotten the large part handled, we're looking to sell off Wood. I'm looking for picks and expiring contracts. I'd like to involve NYK to get our 23 back.
At the end of the year, I would like to have no more than a roster of Luka, DFS, Maxi, Bullock, McGee (mostly cause I think he'd be a negative in trade due to the contract length), Green and Hardy. That's $87M in committed 23-24 salary giving us $47M in cap space. We would also be going into the 23 offseason with 3 FRPs (well technically 2, but I'm agreeing to a trade in the 23 draft and executing it in that offseason) to add to the 4 we already have. On top of that, we tanked the season (Luka is given large rest periods with every ache and pain) and get a top 10 pick in the 23 draft which we can use for ourselves, or make a trade deal that doesn't get executed til after the moratorium. Lots of PT for Hardy and Green!!
With the 7 firsts and $47M, we need:
2 two-way starters (I'm targetting 2 of OG Anunoby/Dillon Brooks/Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)
2 eight man playoff rotation players (added to starters and Bullock)
1 regular season rotation level player (Hardy and 1 more make 10)
5 deep bench players (all vet min)
For the playoff rotation I want a backup G and a big wing to add to Bullock.
Trade 1:
Tor gets: Maxi, Green (he had a promising season!) and 2 firsts (wasn't THAT promising)
Dal gets: OG Anunoby
Ok, this changes the numbers above, but I think it is worth it. Brings our capspace down to $43M. Draft capital 5 FRPs.
Trade 2 (agreed to during the draft and executed after the moratorium):
OKC gets:: Mavs top 10 pick in 23 and 3 more firsts
Dal gets: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Brings capspace down to $9.5M. Draft Capital 1 FRP.
Our lineup at this point looks like:
Luka/SGA/OG/DFS/McGee
Hardy/?/RB/?/?
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At this point, the only real play is to use Bullock, Hardy, the left over 1st and any seconds we have along with the $9.5M remaining capspace to get at least the 3 playoff rotation worthy players (one of them being a big wing that can fill in the rim protector role). Then fill in the rest with vet min ring chasers.
Not sure we can't get close to that type roster by staying the course and not forcing a tank onto Luka (I don't think doing it would make Luka ask out or leave after his contract is up though), which is why I've stopped defending RW trades (I was never actually FOR the trade, just saw potential). It does give Nico and Kidd a clean slate to make the team theirs, free from the previous regime, and I do think there is value in that.
With $47M and 7 FRPs, there are plenty other ways to go about this rebuild too, like not going after SGA type money that would give us a lot more flexibility on the final roster.