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

[KillerLeft]

The DREAM is a move that 100% of us would agree is better than either of them.

Which is? 

Simple facts. Mavs are not good enough to contend and Mavs don't have an asset chest to catch the biggest fish (and least risk free fishes) from the pond. The only hope for that is the 2021 free agency. This simply means, every move Mavs make will have a certain level of risk attached to it. Same as it was with KP. This is why I don't have a problem discussing Dipo, because his best version is probably one of the best possible third bananas we could have.

Did you know ahead of time that they'd be able to trade up in the draft so easily to get Luka? Did you know ahead of time that they'd be able to swing such a ridiculously one-sided deal for KP? If so, you're way smarter than me. If you'd have asked me about either of those deals a month in advance, I'd have called you a dreamer. 

I agree that 2021 is the year, but not just because of who they might sign. You can do more with cap space than sign free agents (as I'm sure you know). I agree that Oladipo doesn't take that option away, which is great, but you ALREADY have that option NOW, and without giving up Kleber and whomever they like in the draft.

I make that trade in a heartbeat if I think Oladipo is the right guy, but I don't. Like, at all. If you do, then great - we disagree. That's allowed. 

If you're dead set on a "get better now" move that doesn't jeopardize 2021, I'd prefer Hayward to Oladipo. I still probably don't do that, because I view standing pat as an extremely viable option (just this once), but I'd feel better about him than Oladipo, and that move comes with the same sort of "back to the original plan" downside being discussed for Oladipo.