07-02-2021, 09:04 PM
(07-02-2021, 08:17 PM)cow Wrote: You need more than just "stars". Of your list, Ball is the only attractive option but I think someone (New York) is going to break the bank for him and regret it soon after. There is no future in DeRozan, Conley or Lowry and we aren't close enough to be a contender. Those types of players will just help us spin our tires in the mud. I far prefer going for a series of less expensive guys with upside than a guy on the backside of his career.
To be clear, I am predicting Mavs thinking, not what I would necessarily recommend. However, if Ball and Collins are not available, and we don't want one of the old point guards, and we are not trading KP, what is the move? I don't see LA letting THT go without extreme overpay, and I don't think Holmes makes sense with KP (neither are a 4 on defense).
Ball would be my first choice, and I am for trading KP if we can do something reasonable, but a Conley/Batum offseason (or something similar) would not be the end of the world. That would be a much better team, and the contract would be at most 3 years. I would greatly prefer that to running it back with a JRich trade and an MLE pickup.