Darren wrote:1. KP + Powell + filler = Westbrook + Wagner + filler. The Mavs gets a win-now beast and a stretch big whom the Mavs targeted on draft night. Washington gets a young building block around.
2. KP + J-Rich + Green = Walker + Smart + Nesmith. The Mavs gets players whom has been on radar for long. Boston gets a frontcourt piece to pair with the core.
3. KP + Maxi = Wiseman + Wiggins + pick. The Mavs gets a younger core. GSW gets win-now talents to extend the contending windows.
4. KP + Terry + Iwundu = Zeller + Monk + Bridges + Biyombo. The Mavs gets a young backcourt duo in Monk and Bridges. Charlotte gets more versatile frontcourt in KP to get into black horse status in contending.
1- Westbrook looks like a negative asset to me. I mean he got traded for the albatross contract of J.Wall. Although he is a stat-padding beast, his minutes does not help winning. WB would solely look for Luka's role on defense/rebounding and offense as a ball handler. So he'd just make Dallas inefficient without adding anything. Healthy KP helps a lot to defense and add another layer on the offense for sure. Healthy WB would only bring the team down.
2- Walker was only a 'star' for a bottom team. As he moved to Celtics, now people know that he is no star. His offense works for lottery teams. He looks like a rich men's Trey Burke. No need to steal any role from Doncic or Brunson so hard pass. M.Smart would be better than J.Rich but I don't think this is enough. I would not want to take on Kemba max.
3- Wiseman and a pick would be a decent return. Wiggins with his contract sounds like a negative asset but you cant get any better package at the moment. KP's stock is very low though, not a great time to sell. I would not like to part ways with Maxi but if its Minnesota pick, I'd wish him luck in GSW run.
4- I haven't checked the Zeller contract but I guess him and Biyombo expiring are there for mostly salary matching purposes. Monk-Bridges would be ok return but this trade would only inflate the Mavs roster.
SG rotation of J.Rich-THJ-Monk
SF rotation of DFS-Bridges-Jonhson
C rotation Zeller-Biyombo-WCS-Powell-Boban
Too many players to create the main rotation.
At the end of the day, Mavs FO should think about the next 5 years, not just this one.
If you get WB, you'd barely make playoffs for the next 2 years without any hope for more. Or if you get Monk/Bridges/Zeller this would be a team that is cap-locked and mediocre for a long time.
Wiseman-Wiggins would make some sense. Mavs would be betting on the potential of those 2. Can Wiggins make a comeback? Can Wiseman defend?
KP was also a gamble.
No-one would give you a perfectly healthy KP at age of 24, not even Knicks FO. It would take a kings ransom. Mavs FO made a bet for KP. It was looking really good until the playoff injury. When he's healthy, he's a pretty good pairing with Doncic. In 2/28/2020, KP was doing great and no-one here wanted to trade him. Perhaps one year later from now, 2/28/2022, people would feel the same if KP stays healthy.
