02-01-2023, 01:31 AM
As I see it, the 2-fold question for the Mavs at the TDL is
1 How do we turn THJ and/or Bertans - not necessarily in the same deal, of course - into something useful, or maybe just neutral (such as an expiring contract), without having to spend assets and picks to do so?
2 Or, can we shuffle the deck in some way that sends away a positive asset, and gets a different positive asset back - and in the process, maybe offload THJ or Bertans as part of the deal?
The fact that all roads seem to lead to using up some or all available picks to accomplish things like that is not encouraging. But if they can find a way to make some progress WITHOUT that sort of cost ....
1 How do we turn THJ and/or Bertans - not necessarily in the same deal, of course - into something useful, or maybe just neutral (such as an expiring contract), without having to spend assets and picks to do so?
2 Or, can we shuffle the deck in some way that sends away a positive asset, and gets a different positive asset back - and in the process, maybe offload THJ or Bertans as part of the deal?
The fact that all roads seem to lead to using up some or all available picks to accomplish things like that is not encouraging. But if they can find a way to make some progress WITHOUT that sort of cost ....