Post#98 » by DJ_3_Ball » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:58 am
Heard Tim MacMahon on the pregame show on ESPN 103.3 FM tonight. He said a few interesting things, and two of those were things I wasn't previously aware of.
#1 - He thinks the target is Aaron Gordon, and while he admits it might seem a little far-fetched, he points out the current Magic FO did not draft Gordon, they sort of inherited him, so they might be more willing to move him than we'd think. Granted, they did resign him, but that's almost a foregone conclusion for a small market team with a star player, IF that star player is willing to come to the table. MacMahon said it definitely will take more than DSJ & Matthews to acquire Gordon or as he put it, "Gordon would already be a Maverick"
#2 - He said he thinks the Mavs would pass on a DSJ for Bamba swap. He said if the Mavs had stayed at #5 they would of drafted Wendell Carter Jr. He also talked about how Bamba is a player who can't help a team til the '21-'22 season at the earliest, and he just doesn't think the Mavs are interested in waiting that long for a player to develop.
Actually, Chuck Cooperstein made this point. When asked, "Do you think there's any chance the Mavs can repair this situation with DSJ?" Chuck said, "Didn't Poppovich once try and force Tony Parker out of town for Jason Kidd?" Basically went on to say they worked it out, so why can't Carlisle & DSJ?
The Gordon thing is interesting to me. A) Because the trade rumors with ORL & DAL are still active, and Gordon is who I think the Mavs covet. I personally think it should be Isaac, but I don't think the Mavs look at what's best for 5-8 years from now. I think they look at what's best for 5-8 months from now... Normally, in trade talks like this if ORL wasn't open to moving him at all, then talks would be dead, but they don't appear to be. It seems to be more ORL is playing hardball & forcing the Mavs' hand.
IF, Dallas does acquire Gordon, then I think it's a package that looks like this: DSJ, Kleber, Wes Matthews and one/maybe two 1st round picks for Gordon and whatever bloated contract the Magic want to swap for Wes... How would everyone here feel about that?
I personally would be scared S-less that Kleber turns into a better player than Gordon all by himself. But, I think if I'm the Mavs and ORL makes him part of the deal or they call it off, then I have to include him for a player like Gordon (mainly because of how he'd pair with Luka). I'd hate losing the 1st round picks, but if you have Doncic & Gordon, then I think hitting the FA market hard makes sense. I can't count how many lobs Doncic has thrown DeAndre Jordan that he hasn't either gone up & got or let fumble through his hands. With Gordon, if he doesn't come down with it than nobody was going to. I don't think you could ask for a better lob partner for Luka. He's pretty much 6-10 DSJ.
MacMahon talked about Gordon playing a Shawn Marion-like role (while he was in PHX) if he came to the Mavs. That's an appealing idea as well. Run the floor, catch lobs, board & hit catch & shoot 3s.
The other side of this is Isaac. Imo, Isaac can be Tyson Chandler to Luka's Dirk. Really would like to see Isaac here, but I don't think the Mavs are looking that far ahead.
) can get a good (win now) young player, though. No one gives them up. No. ONe. So as much as i dislike Jimmy, I'd be happy with Butler as the #2 to Doncic. Thing about Jimmy is he wants 3 things. 1. money. 2. money. 3 money. well the 4. thing is a large role on offense and 5. to win. he will get the most money far and away from whatever his current team is. Jimmy is a decent/good recruiter of vets. Luka and Dirk can recruit Euros.