Darren wrote:arkuo wrote:Interesting. With these moves, I expect Cuban to make a hard run at Giannis Antetokounmpo and Rudy Gobert next summer to replace Bogut. Giannis will be Dirk's successor. Called it first.
That's a Donnie move right there
Please think carefully, I don't want to be the Bucks. Gobert's a good shotblocker. But it's his only skillsets. He's restricted. Do you think Utah will let him go? Giannis can play 6-9 PG. I am okay with him. But he's restricted as well. If you were the Bucks, you'll retain him at all cost.
Technically, we can't sign two max players. We only have Bogut, DWill and Harris off the book. Not nearly enough. With the new cap inflation, we may end up with nothing. I'd rather sign them to cap friendly contract and build a team with trades and operates over the cap. Unless we trade Matthews and Barea for expiring and draft picks, I don't see this happening. Even if we can, please don't sign two offensive liability. One is alright. I'd rather re-sign Bogut than taking on Gobert. He seems to be purely long arms. He can only block shots. Nothing else. We'd better do our homework on which PG we're going to target next summer. And then send Dirk to an equivalent amount to keep his cap hold and at the same time being able to give the highest bidding price for him as the final piece. And then, we go over the cap to re-sign Dirk and Bogut. Unless we hold a TO for Powell next offseason, we can't go for a big fish. Let alone two. For example, we can come agree to term with Bogut and Dirk once the Mavs sign a new starting PG; and they agree to term with DWill with MLE. So we have Dirk's new contract + Devin Harris's (TO) + DWill's 10M contract to land an all-rounded PG - minus those new contract, though. We might think of the PG we're targeting at. And then, snap him like a shark next offseason. We simply need him to know we've agreed to term with Bogut, Dirk and DWill. Once he signed, the rest will take care of themselves. So what we
C - Andrew Bogut (cap hold) / Salah Merji (cap hold) / AJ Hammons
PF - Dirk Nowitzki (cap hold) / Dwight Powell / 1st round pick (next season)
SF - Harrison Barnes / Justin Anderson / undrafted rookie or BAE (this season)
SG - Wes Matthews / Jose Barea / Vendar Blue (undrafted rookie this season)
PG - All-star PG (max) / Deron Williams (renounce but re-signed with MLE) / Marquis Teague (undrafted rookie this season)
If we do it like that, how much we pay Dirk this summer may make a huge difference. As we have to count his cap hold. We'd better calculate it quickly. Who we're going to target at what cost? And do we need to trade JJ or Matthews by deadline? Don't get me wrong. I know Bogut would be 32 next summer. However, skilled and athletic center is difficult to come by. And under the new cap, you can't have 5 super young stars as starter for long. That's being said, I am content with 2 older players as starters.
The most logical target is indeed Westbrook if he can forgive Mark Cuban's words previously. Bogut-Dirk-Barnes-Matthews-Westbrook with a depth bench is indeed a super team in the making. All other PGs (Steph Curry, Chris Paul) will stay home. No quality center is unrestricted except Andrew Bogut. That's the plan we can work out early. With DWill agreeing to a 1-year contract. I expect him to be ok as backup PG and let us pursuit an all-star caliber PG.
First round draft choice:
PF/C 7-2 Jonathan Jeanne
SF/PF 6-10 Bennie Boatwright
SF/PF 6-9 Tyler Lydon
SG 6-3 Malik Monk
PG 6-5 Kobi Simmons
PG 6-3 Frank Jackson
Therefore, next summer is Westbrook or no big fish at all. It's that simple. Either way, we should agree to term with Bogut but sign him after we've finished all signing. He's our no.1 priority.
If we have no confident in landing Westbrook, then we've to lock up Andrew Bogut early. He's the only unrestricted quality center. So you know how dangerous it is. And re-sign key players over the cap. Under the new cap, you won't get any RFA 3-4 years from now. So forget about the rest of them.
