05-23-2021, 01:12 PM
(05-23-2021, 12:25 PM)loki Wrote: The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced the Mavs will play it relatively safe this offseason. Re-sign Hardaway, finally land Donnie's sweetheart Danny Green (potential sign and trade to keep the full MLE?), and then sign a big like Theis, Olynyk, or Portis. Chasing RFA's and high dollar veterans is just too risky.
I can't wait until they have some 1st round picks to trade again. That might be what it takes to land another impact player.
As far as a KP trade, I've been on board for a while, but I doubt the Mavs are going to get an offer that makes any sense. Might as well give him a healthy offseason and see if he can take the next step. If not, he should be much easier to move next year with only 2 years left on his contract.
The word at the deadline wa that they would be aggressive.
What's the risk? That you don't one of the free agents that are on the market every year? Guys like the one you listed are gettable every year for MLE money.
When you have cap space, that's the time to be riskier and try to get better talent. Of course Dallas has failed in that regard repeatedly. But doesn't mean it's not the right play when you already have cap space.
We have no problems with the depth of the team. The top end talent is the problem (minus Luka). FA or trade is the only path to those for the Mavs now. And they'll pursue both of them aggressively.