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

[ClutchDirk]

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/132...1095179265

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https://twitter.com/Mavs_FFL/status/1321237103150247936

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Lol. @"StepBackJay" I don't know why you keep restating the same thing to me. I might be the only person in this community who agrees with you. I've been beating the 2021 drum for years, possibly even dating back to the old forum (can't remember when the switch happened). 

That doesn't mean that the Mavs aren't considering other options. If they're going into the off-season dead set on ANY path, then they are morons. I love Kleber, and I certainly wouldn't give him away, but he's GONE if they find a deal that actually merits his inclusion.

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https://twitter.com/coopmavs/status/1321...43842?s=20

Does anyone here have access to this and the willingness to summarize? Is there really a quote that claims they're willing to trade into the lottery?

And according to multiple league sources, no one is churning harder than Mavericks president and general manager Donnie Nelson, who has made it clear to peers league-wide that:

-Dallas wants to acquire a third star to augment the pairing of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis, and if that takes adding other teams' unwanted salaries so be it.

-All — repeat all — Mavericks players not named Doncic or Porzingis are available.

-Though they currently own the 18th and 31st picks in the Nov. 18 draft, the Mavericks have a strong desire to trade into the lottery (picks 1-14). That’s a lot to digest, especially the draft scenario, which is the most surprising development. The sources did not specify whether the Mavericks are trying to trade into the lottery’s upper, middle or lower tier.

Regardless, all of the above signals that, contrary to reports that they want to avoid adding future-season salaries so that they could enter the offseason of ’21 Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, the Mavericks are in urgency mode.