07-13-2021, 02:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2021, 03:04 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(07-13-2021, 01:46 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: In general, I want to spend more money on wings/guards than bigs going forward.
That's a great principle to have. Thing is, with this free agent class, the only great wing available is Kawhi (maybe), who is a pipe dream, and the only great guards available are Ball (whom many here are leery of money-whipping, for whatever reason) and 2 or 3 dudes who need a cane. Oh, and Dennis Schroeder, whom I want no part of.
If you don't want Ball and can't get Kawhi, then Collins is likely our best-case scenario for offseason. In free agency, that is. Perhaps we should be thinking entirely in terms of trades. We just don't have a lot of great assets for that (everyone knows that what I really want is Brogdon, but given RC and our lack of assets, that's going to be a tough get). That's one of the reasons I like the idea of trading KP for White or Murray, thus clearing a bunch of cap space, and then getting all four of Portis, Jackson, Tucker, and Payne, and signing the best center possible for the rMLE. Then you've stocked up on a lot of tradeable assets. You haven't really punted on the year because that's a decent enough team around Luka (who, after all, has established himself as a one-man wrecking crew) to have a shot at the second round or better, and can improve through trade (or clearing cap room by shedding tradeable guys) next summer.
All that said, I still think Collins is the best-case scenario because the Mavs used their best asset - cap space - to *improve their team,* something they notably haven't done the past two offseasons. Improvement of the talent base is huge this offseason. I am also hoping that Kidd and Sweeney can coach up Green, Terry, Bey, and Hinton into rotation players and/or tradeable assets. That would be huge, no?