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

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I think everyone is way too eager to write Powell off.

LOL no we aren't. He was already overpaid at his extension, then he had the most damaging injury in sports when the physical aspect of his game hinges completely on athleticism. He is paid like a 5th-best player when he will struggle to return to being physically capable of cracking the 10-man rotation. Failing to dump his contract if the opportunity arose would be self-destructive.

LOL yes you are.  You act like he has no chance of ever contributing again.  I'm not that cynical.

We can argue if his extension was an overpay but it wasn't absurd.  Dumping his contract now is as expensive as it will ever be given the nature of his injury, the unknown of what he'll look like when he returns and years left on his contract.   We have precious few assets so they can't be used on a whim.  Powell has been the epitome of hard work and class on the court, in the locker room and the community.  That has value.  Give him the year to see what he looks like and then make trade plans based on what you see and when he only has two years left on his deal.  

And I'm not saying to not trade him given the opportunity.  By my estimation we have five desirable trade pieces that we'd be willing to part with (18, 31, Curry, DFS, Maxi) given the opportunity.  You can't just burn one or more of those to move off of Powell.  If we are going to let any of those go, it has to be a no brainer in the favor of the Mavs and returns value on the court. And I don't want to hear about cap space as MBT haven't proven then know how to use that.