Myles Turner is easily the most attractive player mentioned here. Not only by the fact he is a long, rim protecting big who can shoot the 3, but the fact he's 23. The flexibility you have with him going forward if you wanna keep him or move him later in a trade, is far superior to any of the other trade targets, who are basically of the win now variety, when the fact is we don't need to win now. This teams window is open for a very long time, and bringing players in that have some kind of similar development schedule to Luka and KP should be preferred if possible. Using resources on a bad fit or someone right at the end of their career who is gonna handicap future flexibility is not remotely a good idea.
Hell no to any of Whiteside/Thompson/Adams who will all tank our spacing and offensive efficiency. This teams ability to play 5 out on any lineup (bar Boban, which is also partially why he rarely plays) is a significant aspect of why we are playing at a historic level offensively, despite not remotely having historic level offensive talent. Screw with that and you might see a Rondo level drop off in the teams offense. Not worth it for some tougher post defense and a few extra rebounds when we are already one of the best rebounding teams in the league without someone dominant on the glass.
I like Holiday, and think he fits really well next to Luka (he's basically a superior version of Delon Wright, who was our main FA target after Kemba), but I don't like the fact his huge contract finishes after 2022 rather than 2021. It's the next best FA class and the simple fact is you want to give yourself the opportunity to sign the best player available BEFORE Luka signs his max deal, making it much more difficult to free up a max slot during a period when I would bet a lot of players will be more attracted to playing for the Mavs than has ever been the case in this orgs history.
If we could manage to snap up Myles Turner, that would a fantastic get IMO. If you could do it while somehow keeping Maxi (probably unlikely), you have by far and away the best rim protection in the league, while maintaining the incredible 5 out spacing that is a key factor in our current historic level offense.
Hell no to any of Whiteside/Thompson/Adams who will all tank our spacing and offensive efficiency. This teams ability to play 5 out on any lineup (bar Boban, which is also partially why he rarely plays) is a significant aspect of why we are playing at a historic level offensively, despite not remotely having historic level offensive talent. Screw with that and you might see a Rondo level drop off in the teams offense. Not worth it for some tougher post defense and a few extra rebounds when we are already one of the best rebounding teams in the league without someone dominant on the glass.
I like Holiday, and think he fits really well next to Luka (he's basically a superior version of Delon Wright, who was our main FA target after Kemba), but I don't like the fact his huge contract finishes after 2022 rather than 2021. It's the next best FA class and the simple fact is you want to give yourself the opportunity to sign the best player available BEFORE Luka signs his max deal, making it much more difficult to free up a max slot during a period when I would bet a lot of players will be more attracted to playing for the Mavs than has ever been the case in this orgs history.
If we could manage to snap up Myles Turner, that would a fantastic get IMO. If you could do it while somehow keeping Maxi (probably unlikely), you have by far and away the best rim protection in the league, while maintaining the incredible 5 out spacing that is a key factor in our current historic level offense.