02-26-2021, 05:51 PM
(02-26-2021, 02:49 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I couldn't agree more. Absolute, brutal truth. You either stand still, hoping, or you get busy fixing the roster.
The people who can't or won't wrap their heads around moving him are clinging to an idea that the Mavs can be or should be good SOON. They aren't good, and if waiting on KP to save them is the plan, I don't think they will be good in 4 years, even.
Instead of trying to use him to BUY something that fits the roster better while staying on this unrealistic timeline, my opinion is that they should SELL him for literally anything they can, be it young players (to whatever level he is worth) or picks (of whatever value he can bring). This idea that they'll only remove this absolute anchor from their roster if doing so nets Bradley Beal, LaVine or prime Michael Jordan is folly. Each day that passes makes the mistake bigger and the problem more glaring.
Killer, it would take a lot of stones to trade KP now, unless (1) he is demanding out, or (2) the medical staff has advised them to give up on his regaining his mobility and ability to stay healthy. Do you really think the Mavs are at the point of trading him?
I of course don't have any knowledge based on inside info, but it seems to me that, absent one of the two conditions above, they are going to try everything they can to make it work, come hell or high water. I don't think their having conversations with other teams about what he might be worth particularly changes that, unless they are having specific advanced discussions about an actual live deal.
I totally hear where you're coming from. But it would be a huge thing to do, a giant public admission of failure at a pretty early point, and I don't know that they have it in them, tbh.