04-02-2021, 11:13 AM
(04-02-2021, 10:29 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: No it has not. The Bulls have lost all three games since the trade. They are 1-7 over their last eight. If Duffy comes to them in the summer and says: Just a heads up, Lavine wants to play with Luka, he won´t sign an extension. You might want to talk to the Mavericks now or lose him for nothing next summer.
Mavs trade 2023 protected for 2022 unprotected to the Knicks. Throw in a Ntilikina S&T for Terry as an incentive, if necessary.
Then offer the Bulls Powell + Burke + Kleber (at least one 1st round pick re-trade value), 2024, 2026, 2028 unprotected, plus 2025 + 2027 swaps. That´s up to 6-7 first round picks for a guy on an expiring contract that will leave in 12 months. If they say no, call the Wizards. One of them says YES.
You keep a 2023 1st round pick swap (converted into two seconds) and Green in your back-pocket to incentivise the Hawks not to match the offer.
There are ways to get two top players here this summer from a cap and asset POV (though then we are probably completely empty until 2028), but the Mavs biggest problem remains to convince FAs to actually play here.
I find your 23 for 22 thing to be creative and more interesting than some of the other ideas I've seen for fixing the 23 issue. Well done.