DAL OFFSEASON: Trade & FA | Mavs "mostly done...but you never know."

[Scott41theMavs]

Setting aside (for a second) the debate on what the Mavs should do moving forward, I’m astonished that people aren’t seeing a difference between the last 2-3 “plan powder” free agencies and what some people are hoping to see in 2021.

Night and day difference. Maybe not Giannis, but someone will want to come here and play with Luka, while nobody wanted to play with 87 year old Dirk. This team looks like a juggernaut just getting started, while those plan powder Mavs looked like a pack of old players employed by a delusional front office.

I repeat: there’s a 0% chance they go into summer of 2021 with room and strikeout. Now, that might not mean that it’s the best thing to do, because maybe you can build a better team in different ways, but the downside of that path is not the same as it was with Howard, Deron Williams, etc.

Well-said, brother. I actually like how IGT (pretty sure it was him, if my fading memory is holding up) framed trading for Paul in terms of '22 caproom. CP3 certainly looks to have two good years left in him and would be a good match with our current squad - just so long as he understands that Luka and KP take the last shots in the playoffs. He would lessen the wear-and-tear on our young legend considerably and put us into contention the next two years. Then we have our pick of the free agent crop in '22.

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I just can´t see them trading Lavine, Markkanen or WCJ. That would be completely idiotic. That it´s the Bulls is probably our only hope. I´d be happy enough to get OPJ, while dumping Wright or Powell in the process.

Only reason I include Markkanen is because of the articles coming from Chi beat writers saying he is on the out with them. I know WCJ is out of the question, but would still love to pry him from them somehow.


I just don't think Lavine's NBA upbringing is conducive to taking a backseat to 2 better players. That is one of the biggest reasons I'm not high on him.

OPJ is for sure their biggest prize to be had if the articles are correct in that they want to find him a new home. The 1 year price tag is really steep, but he makes this starting unit really good IMO. He can score as much as THJ did this year if not better in all honesty, and while he's at it he can be a lock down defender 1-4!

Finding a trade that gets OPJ, Tomas and Young here would be our starting unit with Luka and KP.

OPJ/Tomas/Young for THJ/Kleber/Wright/Brunson/Jackson/#18 and 31 is a trade I'd do in a heartbeat. We'd have to do a bit more work in the offseason, but that group would be great moving into next season!

I would probably sign up for that trade if the Mavs bought a high 20s pick and snagged Tiger Bay. We would then have our MLE to fill out the roster.

Luka/Burke?
Tomas/Curry
OPJ/DFS
Young/Tiger
KP/Bobi/WCS

Not sure Tomas and Young are that much better than what we have offensively, but oh my goodness the defense. Note that that proposed roster doesn't include whom we get with the MLE (we can probably do better than Burke).