05-14-2021, 12:42 PM
(05-14-2021, 11:46 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: To me Holmes is more of a board fascination than a realistic MBT target. The guys I am looking at are Dinwiddie and Dragic. I don't know that either of those guys require a long-term commitment either. Looking at how J Rich pouts here lately makes me think he's not coming back in any capacity tho a trade possibility is feasible.
If Mavs can't get a ballhandler then I think they would spend their money on another shooter before they would spend more money on bigs honestly. That would be guys like McDermott. There's also the trade market we've discussed - like how hard would it to get Terrance Ross? There may be a couple veteran guys like that the Mavs could look at.
I agree that the MBT are probably not looking to spend considerable cap space on another big unless they are trading one of them. For all of those talking earlier about how good WCS has been and we should keep him, There would be no reason to if they signed Holmes and kept DP/Maxi/Powell.
But I don't see the MBT going after Dinwiddie or Dragic either. They new from last year that they have a serious perimeter defense issue, which is why they traded away Curry for JRich. That has not worked out as well as hoped, but I think if they are going to replace JRich it is going to be someone who can play quality perimeter defense. That unfortunately narrows the field down a lot, especially if want that player to be an effective secondary distributor. After the big dollar guys (Conley, Lowry) you get down to RFAs (Ball, Graham). There are not a lot of options here, and most of them will be expensive. There is a good chance they are going to have to do some kind of trade to get that guy.