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

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Look, I don't want to argue all day about it, especially since I would do the deal, myself. 

I just think if such a deal actually happened, the real-life terms would be so, so much less favorable for the Mavs than what you guys are envisioning. Assume EVERYTHING of value goes out the door, and something very undesirable might follow LaVine through it coming back. 

This is Chicago's BEST PLAYER. This would be a BLOCKBUSTER. I think the dumbass Knicks have spoiled us with that KP deal, but it's not happening twice in two years.

Chicago's best player on a team that is really really bad with him. He's a bad defender who has an injury history. He has a rep as an empty stats guy. The huge + for him is a very reasonable contract. 

I think the negatives I listed are things we can work with or won't be a problem here. But 2 totally different players. 

Frankly I think the Bulls should move on from Lavine and go full young team and let Donovan coach them up. Lavine isn't the guy you are going to build around ever. And until you get that guy, keep churning young guys thru. Now they very well most likely get a better offer than anything Mavs offer. But regardless if Mavs are in on him... I think it's a pretty good argument that Lavine should be traded from the Bulls end.

Yeah, I think the crux for the Bulls is that LaVine is coming up on another payday within the next two years, and they're not even close to contending and he's not really a player you want to max out unless you're going all in on a Championship.  In another 2 years he could be Aaron Gordon as a player who's trade value is saddled by a bad contract.  I love him as a 3rd best player on a Championship roster, but let's not go overboard here ...  Bleacher Report had him as the 44th best player in the NBA, and that sounds about right.    You can quibble about exactly which spot, but that's about the range he should be ranked in.

Why I don't think the bulls will trade him have more to do with the fact that they just got a new GM and front office, and they might want to hold off on blowing up the team right away until they get a chance to evaluate them all themselves.