2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Mavs03]

I like the direction of this.  Charlotte might be exactly the kind of team that would roll the dice on KP.  They probably have an extra guard between Ball, Graham, Rozier and Monk, so trading Rozier now before his free agency year makes sense.  BTW, his formerly great defense was seemingly left in Boston, but he’s a much better offensive player than he’s been in the past. He may or may not be the answer we’ve been looking for, but we have a year to find out.

I would actually do this without Washington.  I think Charlotte would prefer to keep one of Bridges or Washington.  I want Bridges.  He’s been a beast since he’s been starting.  Shorter version of Collins with a better 3 point shot.  He can rim roll.  He can do some things hanging around the basket.  He’s even shown some ability to ISO and draw fouls.  In his 17 games as a starter (all recent), he’s putting up 19/7/3 on a usage of 20 and TS% of .659.  I think you can start him next to DFS and fill most of your 3/4 minutes between those two and Maxi.  

You can do this deal at the draft (my preference) by adding a small salary in place of Washington (I’d prefer McDaniels).  I’d want a pick also, but my preference would be their 2023 pick so we’d have more options to trade all of our future picks.  Such a deal adds $6.5mm to cap room taking us to over $40mm without JRich/THJ/WCS.  Or, almost $37mm if you keep WCS.  I’d probably sign Holmes and keep Powell and WCS to be a 3 headed C rotation.  You have Bridges/DFS/Maxi at the 3/4 with Bey and McDaniels eventually joining the rotation.  You have Rozier/Luka/Brunson as your guard rotation with Green/Burke getting some minutes also.  And you have somewhere in the $20-$22mm range in cap room still.  With Rozier on board, you can carry room into 22 if you wish.  You have a solid 8 man with backups at all positions.  And, when some star comes on the market, you have Rozier’s expiring deal and the ability to trade 22, 24 and 26 if you’d like.

I would prefer to have both Washington and Bridges.  If it requires us to unload Green, Terry or Bey, I'm good with that.  I think Washington and Bridges are perfect fits in Dallas.