Dallas Mavericks 2023/24 Trade thread

[daoneandonly]

Guess I'm the only one who liked the moves? Obviously better to not give up FRPs but certainly prefer the trades to standing pat, wasting another season, and pinning hopes on draft/free agency

Love them, exactly what this team needed. Bargain bin isn't open anymore these days and the value is solid. They both address some of our major issues and losing Williams and Seth is not very impactful.

The moves are good, both needs filled, but the sour taste is that if it wasn't for the this offseason mistakes, it would've been much cheaper.

Look at all the other trades that happened though. Who else gave up firsts or even swaps? Mostly 2nds, but Nico is the one that caves and gives up firsts, and barely protects it at that

[Teffer10]

Very happy with the moves. Gafford and PJ were two guys I wanted Dallas to add during the offseason. Added a lot of size and our bigs rotation is looking really solid now. Don't care about the picks. Boston hasn't had a 1st round pick for like 4 years now. It's all about going all in now. As somebody said, we can get a gazillion picks if all these blow up and Luka and Kyrie ask to be moved.

Agree with everything but the last part.
If this thing blows up in our face, we'll need picks just to get rid of Kyrie.

The Lakers will be eager to offer two first for him in the summer,if he stays on the same good behavior

Kyrie was considered a cancer when we traded for him.
If he totally wrecks this team he will have negative value in he doesn't already.

And if Lakers are willing to give up 2 picks for him, Nico should accept that offer in the next few minutes.

[RicSwish]

Still waiting for Gafford to be official. Trust Mavs FO to screw this up

[Forbes]

The key to me was just actually becoming more talented. We straight lacked talent. Still have THJ, Green, Hardy who are all tradeable pieces in the offseason. The second half of the season should be better than the first.

Mavs have 6 players 25yo or younger with Luka.

Lively, Green, Hardy, Omax, PJ Washington, Gafford, Luka.... They got younger and more talented.

But like i said, they can still do moves in the off season and upgrade more.

If OMax develops into a solid 3 and D sooner than later I will be more than grateful. I believe it’s coming.

[Forbes]

Still waiting for Gafford to be official. Trust Mavs FO to screw this up

Read on Twitter

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This report makes it seem official. Nothing from Woj yet but seem like it’s pretty much done

[RicSwish]

Still waiting for Gafford to be official. Trust Mavs FO to screw this up

Read on Twitter

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This report makes it seem official. Nothing from Woj yet but seem like it’s pretty much done

Yeah was waiting for the Woj /Shams tweet.

[Teffer10]

The key to me was just actually becoming more talented. We straight lacked talent. Still have THJ, Green, Hardy who are all tradeable pieces in the offseason. The second half of the season should be better than the first.

Mavs have 6 players 25yo or younger with Luka.

Lively, Green, Hardy, Omax, PJ Washington, Gafford, Luka.... They got younger and more talented.

But like i said, they can still do moves in the off season and upgrade more.

If OMax develops into a solid 3 and D sooner than later I will be more than grateful. I believe it’s coming.

Getting that pick was a good move and makes losing some others not so bad.
I think Omax will make an impact next year.

[Bob8]

Still waiting for Gafford to be official. Trust Mavs FO to screw this up

Read on Twitter

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This report makes it seem official. Nothing from Woj yet but seem like it’s pretty much done

There's still a big question how they pull off the first from Thunder?

[Archx]

Still waiting for Gafford to be official. Trust Mavs FO to screw this up

It's on ESPN's page MacMahon reported it and Woj i think was first. So, apparently trade went through we just don't know all the details yet.

[Teffer10]

The fact the pick is top 2 protected speaks volumes on how desperate the Mavs are in making efforts to keep Luka. They must feel these moves are do or die in that sense.

[BliscoSantos]

Agree with everything but the last part.
If this thing blows up in our face, we'll need picks just to get rid of Kyrie.

The Lakers will be eager to offer two first for him in the summer,if he stays on the same good behavior

Kyrie was considered a cancer when we traded for him.
If he totally wrecks this team he will have negative value in he doesn't already.

And if Lakers are willing to give up 2 picks for him, Nico should accept that offer in the next few minutes.

Yeah,but they put the blame on Kyrie because he didn't wanna get vaccinated....what about Harden,he got off without the blame...they made Kyrie the scapegoat...Players in the league Love him

[ACMFFL]

If we didnt give up any swap to OKC, then I'm starting to like the whole deal a lot more.

Maybe OKC actually gave up 1 FRP (Shams talked about draft compensation from OKC to CHA) to acquire Hayward and dump Bertans, then that pick was flipped to Dallas alongside 2 SRP via CHA in the PJ deal.
Something like:

CHA: Bertans + Micic + Mann + 2024 LAC 1st
OKC: Hayward

CHA: Williams + Curry + top2 protected 2027 DAL 1st
DAL: Washington + 2024 LAC 1st + 2 SRP

DAL: Gafford
WAS: Holmes + 2024 LAC 1st + 2 SRP

[tleikheen]

Ive seen one report Exum is close to coming back and he's been seen on the bench at games usually a good sign .

I can see a healthy lineup of :

PG) Luka 6'7"
PG) Kyrie 6'2"
G ) Exum 6'5"
F) PJ Washington 6'7"
C) DLively

6 '10" Gafford
6'5" Green
6'5" THJ
6'10" Maxi
6'6" DJJ

Hardy
Powell

[dirkules_41]

Love them, exactly what this team needed. Bargain bin isn't open anymore these days and the value is solid. They both address some of our major issues and losing Williams and Seth is not very impactful.

The moves are good, both needs filled, but the sour taste is that if it wasn't for the this offseason mistakes, it would've been much cheaper.

Look at all the other trades that happened though. Who else gave up firsts or even swaps? Mostly 2nds, but Nico is the one that caves and gives up firsts, and barely protects it at that

But what other pieces of this magnitude got moved? It's our all-in now. You got Luka and Kyrie, now is the time to surround them with winning pieces and this is the best this roster has been since 2011.
We also still have Green and Hardy - which I know you hate - but clearly they value highly.

No point letting deals fall through over pick protections. This team is young enough to dominate for the entire applicable period for those picks.
And if it doesn't you blow it up and get 5 1sts back for Luka alone. No brainer imo, you gotta have the balls to go for it now.

A real coach would still be nice though.

[dirkules_41]

Ive seen one report Exum is close to coming back and he's been seen on the bench at games usually a good sign .

I can see a healthy lineup of :

PG) Luka 6'7"
PG) Kyrie 6'2"
G ) Exum 6'5"
F) PJ Washington 6'7"
C) DLively

6 '10" Gafford
6'5" Green
6'5" THJ
6'10" Maxi
6'6" DJJ

Hardy
Powell

At least on paper that's the most solid and well rounded roster we've had since 2011.

[Maverick41]

Still waiting for the full Gafford deal details before reacting. 7 more mins so time is ticking.

[daoneandonly]

Ive seen one report Exum is close to coming back and he's been seen on the bench at games usually a good sign .

I can see a healthy lineup of :

PG) Luka 6'7"
PG) Kyrie 6'2"
G ) Exum 6'5"
F) PJ Washington 6'7"
C) DLively

6 '10" Gafford
6'5" Green
6'5" THJ
6'10" Maxi
6'6" DJJ

Hardy
Powell

He'll return, play 2 games, then be out for 17. That who Dante Exum was his first NBA stint, and nothing has changed.

[ejs78]

Spencer is getting waived

[Maverick41]

Spencer is getting waived

We got a roster spot. Come back home Spencer.

[BliscoSantos]

Ive seen one report Exum is close to coming back and he's been seen on the bench at games usually a good sign .

I can see a healthy lineup of :

PG) Luka 6'7"
PG) Kyrie 6'2"
G ) Exum 6'5"
F) PJ Washington 6'7"
C) DLively

6 '10" Gafford
6'5" Green
6'5" THJ
6'10" Maxi
6'6" DJJ

Hardy
Powell

He'll return, play 2 games, then be out for 17. That who Dante Exum was his first NBA stint, and nothing has changed.

It's funny that in Europe,where they actually train in practices, he played over 75 games in a season