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

[Scott41theMavs]

I do. Personally I think he's at least as good of a fit on the court as either Kleber or Powell with KP. The spacing, rebounding, and defense between KP and Turner would be excellent. And Carlisle has raved enough about Turner whenever they play Indy that I'm confident he'd find a way to maximize his skills.

But reasonable people can disagree. What don't you like about it?

My question on that would be, is Turner a good perimeter/switching defender? KP is great at patrolling the paint and protecting the rim, not so much at handling the guard switches. I remember a game in the bubble where the opposing team ran up the score (and eventually won the game, iirc) by attacking KP at the PnR switch.

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Let's imagine that Indiana would do Tyler's Curry/Kleber/Wright/18/31 trade for Turner/Oladipo. And then that Ainge would accept a KP/Powell for Thies/Brown/Smart/14/26 deal. Draft the Beys if they're available at those points, and then you have

Luka/Smart/Brunson
Oladipo/Smart
Brown/DFS
S. Bey/T. Bey
Turner/Thies/WCS

Looks juicy to me.

Edit: I forgot all about THJ. He could possibly be included as the salary ballast for a trade for Giannis at the deadline. Re-sign Giannis and Oladipo if he's worth it, and roll.