2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

The player I'd really like to see the Mavs chase, however, would be Batum. 

I like Batum as an option (along with some others), you just have to be careful about the cap in future years. Luka's RFA max will kick in 2022, and both Brunson and DFS are UFAs and due for big raises. I don't think Mavs will want to add new money to that year unless they really need to. Burke is a guy you can probably dump and Green is a guy you need to know what to do with. Mavs will have their first round pick that year that will eat up some salary unless they trade it.

All that to say Mavs will need to avoid luxury tax. We are soon going to run out of cheap rotation players.

The core in my mind of this team is Luka, KP (for now), THJ, DFS, Maxi, Brunson. Powell is a question mark. Very useful player but could be a cap casualty at some point in the future.

I think Mavs are unlikely to add a third star without subtracting players and probably need to focus on depth and filling roles for now. If Mavs ever have a chance at a star it will require subtracting players like KP, THJ, Brunson, Maxi, DFS.