2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Scott41theMavs]

I respect that many of y'all seem to want Lowry, that is your legit basketball opinion apparently (and I get that Lowry has been a good ball player)....


.....but this is how it makes me feel:

1) This season is showing that Luka wasn't ready to be handed the keys. We need veteran leadership that plays a sufficient on-court role to be listened to. 2) Mavs bad at defense. Lowry good at defense. 3) One of the things we've been fussing about all this season and before is that Luka needs another reliable playmaker next to him.

The only legitimacy to your gif, to be quite honest, is Brunson. He must not be outgoing in such a trade. Moreover, obtaining Lowry would crush his minutes anyway. But even if the Mavs commit to Brunson as our new playmaker, he's not good at defense, thus leaving us with a non-defense backcourt as well as of course the continued dearth of veteran leadership.

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That's how Drummond makes me feel. Tho I might be interested in him as a way to salary dump KP/Powell.

I've said over and over, you can't tank this year. You only do such a deal if Drummond is to be here longterm, which you don't want him to be. 

The only "KP salary dump" that makes sense is a trade involving NY (likely multi-team for obvious reasons) is one that gets us back our picks.