2019-20 Around the NBA: Archived

[SleepingHero]

Miami also has Herro so they could offer some combination of Herro, Nunn, Robinson, Adebayo and they could also employee your future draft pick/pick swap strategy if they only wanted to give up two of four.  That pu pu platter returns better talent than what the Mavs would offer if KP isn't part of the deal.  I'd certainly turn the Mavs pu pu platter offer down if I'm MIL.  

You also criticize the what's left scenario for Miami but don't do the same for the Mavs.  If KP is in the deal, Giannis would arguably end up on a worse team that what he is leaving or what he could demand to be traded to (Miami).  Plus he'd be in Miami which is a desirable location and with Pat Riley and continues to put title contending product on the court.

Maybe Giannis loves Luka, but if I'm going to take the reputation hit of leaving my team, there are surer bets out there.

I just totally disagree with you. 

If Miami trades Adebayo+Robinson+Nunn+Herro+Plus the same amount of picks(and 10.7M contract to match the money Olynyk works if he opts in)that the Mavs offer, the rest of their roster will be as follows. Jimmy Butler, Giannis, Andre Igoudala, KZ Okapala (2-way), and Chris Silva. They'd have Dragic, Crowder, Udonis Haslem, Solomon Hill, DJJ. and Myers Leonard as cap holds. Miami in terms of draft capital remarkably looks similar to Dallas' own cupboard. First 1st rounder they can trade is 2025. If they kept all their FA, their team would be 
Dragic/----
Butler/DJJ
Giannis/Hill
Crowder/Haslem
Leonard/---- 

With 0 cap space and a 6 mil taxpayer MLE to use. 

In the 2 trade scenario's I proposed, 1 had KP+Brunson+Dodo+8 draft picks for Giannis and any bad contracts MIL wanted to get off. Which is as strong as any other offer that can be proposed by other teams.  The other was based around a deal that OKC took for PG, that had Brunson+Wright+Dodo+THJ+10 draft picks with zero protections for Giannis and whatever bad contracts. In 1 case, Dallas still retains Kleber, Curry, Wright, Boban, Powell, THJ, and Jackson to pair with Luka and Giannis. A team that is as deep if not deeper than Miami's. In the other, Dallas creates a super big 3 that would be better than any other core of any other team. So either way Dallas would still be a better team.

BUT what is the major X-factor, and why no matter what Miami would be worse than Dallas is because Miami doesn't have Luka Wonderboy Doncic. He is better than every single player on the Heat. 31 year old Jimmy Butler does not compare to Luka. No duo in the league would be better than Giannis and Luka. 

Because of Luka, the Mavs have the least amount of risk in throwing in as many draft picks as possible. By 2029 Luka will be 29 turning 30. For the Heat, Butler would be 39 turning 40. So I don't think any team could match the Mavs in terms of draft capital if the Mavs really want to throw all their chips in.

Obviously I'm biased, but because of how freaking good Luka Doncic is (remember he's a 30/10/10 player), it allows the Mavs for once to be actually competitive in these conversations.