If Toronto and Charlotte are gunning for Holmes, I'd put us in 3red place as far as recruiting ability. Maybe you could money whip him but I'd assume Charlotte would do the same thing.
If I put on my Wizards GM hat, I don't want KP. What's the ceiling for that team? Making it to the second round of the playoffs? Depending on how many bits and pieces I'd have to trade, that big three might be a worse team than what I have now. If I'm sure Beal is leaving, I'd just trade him and restart the rebuild process while Westbrooks racks up as many stats as he'd like.
I think KP's demand is going to be pretty low unless the Mavs are having a fire sale. He's expensive and has shown as many injuries as he has flashes of greatness. Everyone here what's to trade to the dude, so ask yourself what you'd be willing to pay for him if he were available based on what we've seen in his Dallas tenure.
(05-04-2021, 04:20 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I believe several teams would be interested, it just comes down the price. If the asking price is the moon, well then no team is going to want him. There aren't enough stars to go around and KP has enough upside to be considered a star or near-star.
I have brought up the Wizards as an example before. Like would they trade their whole team + picks for KP to create a big 3 that is actually an interesting basketball team? What's their other option? Beal and Westbrook are both all-stars that won't be around that much longer, Beal in particular. KP would make that team pretty interesting.
I bring them up bc there was an article that the Wizards were "monitoring" the KP situation earlier this year. Again if you are the Wiz, what's your best chance to create a 3-star team that people actually think has a chance to do anything?
That's just one example, not saying Mavs would be interested in Wiz pieces but there are others (GSW oft mentioned).
If I put on my Wizards GM hat, I don't want KP. What's the ceiling for that team? Making it to the second round of the playoffs? Depending on how many bits and pieces I'd have to trade, that big three might be a worse team than what I have now. If I'm sure Beal is leaving, I'd just trade him and restart the rebuild process while Westbrooks racks up as many stats as he'd like.
I think KP's demand is going to be pretty low unless the Mavs are having a fire sale. He's expensive and has shown as many injuries as he has flashes of greatness. Everyone here what's to trade to the dude, so ask yourself what you'd be willing to pay for him if he were available based on what we've seen in his Dallas tenure.