08-29-2020, 08:03 AM
(08-29-2020, 02:53 AM)omahen Wrote:Horford?(08-29-2020, 02:39 AM)Mavs2019 Wrote: So yeah I´d do trades like Lavine/WCJ, Capela/Hunter/Reddish, Vucevic/Bamba/Aminu in a heartbeat, because it becomes much easier and predictable from there.
So you basically want to do what Philly did by signing Horford. And look how great it was for them.
Mavs knew perfectly well what KP is and they will live with that. We can only hope that risk pays off and KP stays healthy.
Spinning this along for 2021
Capela 17.1
Powell 11.1 (with two years left, I´ll leave him on the active cap)
Doncic 10.1
Kleber 8.8
[Wright 8.5] (I´ll exclude him, expiring, should be dump-able at reasonable cost)
Curry 8.2
Hunter 7.7
Reddish 4.6
DFS 4.0
Pokusevski 3.5
Brunson 1.8
Ramsey 1.8
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$78.7M
If we assume a cap in the $115M range that gives us exactly a max contract slot (Giannis, Davis, Gobert) or we could split the money in creative ways.
Trade Hunter+Wright for Gordon
Now you could force Powell out with a massive double 1st round pick to return to max capspace for Giannis/AD.
Other options include Gobert, Drummond, Holiday, Oladipo in the $28M prize range (high end for these guys imho)
You could also make a substantial offer to Jarrett Allen. He´s 22 and reeks of Tyson Chandler.
In the 131 minutes with him on the floor the Nets were -33 against the Raptors. In the 61 minutes without him they were -54.
I don´t think the Nets would match a $18M offer, so you´d even have the money left to-re-sign THJ.
Doncic/Brunson/Burke
THJ/Curry/Ramsey
DFS/Reddish/MKG
Gordon/Kleber/Pokusevski
Allen/Capela/Powell
I´d still take a healthy Porzingis over Gordon/Allen/Reddish, but this is the much safer way. When you have a player like Luka, Porzingis turning into Cousins/Wall is the only cul-de-sac. You can recover from everything else. This roster would be loaded with trade assets,too.
Tough choice.
One way or the other the Mavs need to manage his workload better, especially next season. We suck at home anyway, so the only point of the regular season is to make the play-offs and keep Porzingis healthy. Wish we were in the East.
