2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

The good news is that we will know the outcome of that scenario before the decision has to be made...

Of course, we are discussing scenarios. I am just trying to put other options on the table. 

Personally, a competitive 4-2 loss to Utah, LAL, or LAC is growth enough to try and get a top 4 seed the following year with an upgrade via the MLE.

Hm, so you could (perhaps) get out of first round. Than what? Still long way to go to the top. How would you improve beyond that? I guess one can always hope for a big trade

BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE there is a FA worthy of sacrificing 3 slots (THJ, JRich, and the FULL MLE) that are higher than the Room Exception.

In the short term it would be likely a step back. Depends a lot on how creative Mavs can be. Because for me - an aggresive offseason Mavs are announcing is not offering max contract to Collins and hope Atlanta doesn't match. Nevertheless, you will always have another MLE every season. Still, if I simplify a lot using Collins example. If you can get him (or Ball) and trade Powell+draft assets for something useful (for example Ross would be realistic target), you could still have at least comparable team with higher upside. Offer more time to the rookies and hope for internal development.

Luka, Terry, Burke, miniMLE
Brunson, Green, Hinton
DFS, Ross, BAE
Collins, Kleber, Bey
KP, Melli, vet min