(03-31-2021, 09:15 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Let me trim this list down for you. Jokic, Beal, Embiid are not going to make it to FA. We have to pray for everything to crumble around Jokic for him to want out or that he is such BFFs with Luka that they decide to team up. It's a situation to monitor for sure but I will not get my hopes up.
The other guys aren't really needle movers for me outside of Brogdon who I like. He will be 30 by then and has had injury issues so he is definitely not on the Jokic, Embiid tier of players.
The main point I was trying to make was that it isn't the end of the world if we don't sign anyone this summer. I'm not in the "We need to get a superstar before Luka's max kicks in" camp. The core that the Mavs have now isn't going to get you a championship(At least not in this competition: Nets, Lakers,...). Sometimes it's just better to stick with the team you have, and wait till your assets get more value.
If we can sign THJ, Brunson, DFS to team friendly deals, you do that without thinking. I also think that all of those guys are going to resign here(and all of them are going to be good value contracts(I'm no nostradamus, but I have a good feeling when it comes to that).
I just don't se any free agent that would be a gamechanger this year. Collins, Ball, Holmes don't make the Mavs contenders. If they are signed to a friendly deal, OK, but overpaying them would be a bullet in your own leg IMO.
The Mavs are not, and neither should they be, in win now mode. For example, if you trade KP now, you won't get what he's worth. If he plays out, stays healthy and adds a bit to his game, then you can extend him when he's eligible. If he doesn't pan out, then in 2023 he can either:
a) Opt in and be a huge expiring contract that you can trade(together with all the pick)
b) Opt out and you have 36 mil in capspace
You also have Powell's 11 mil off the books, and all the picks to trade(If a disaster doesn't happen). By then, the Mavs will have either capspace or assets to get a true gamechanger. Oh and Luka will only be 24 years old!
Sometimes it's better to be patient and smart
