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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
ECF
6'10" Hortford vs. 6'9" Tristan Thompson,
WCF
6'10" Capela, vs. 6'7" Green
Those are the centers starting in the ECF and WCF. No team with a seven footer made it out of the conference semis.
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So the most likely scenario might actually be the best one. Bamba goes 2 or 3 followed by Doncic and Bagley. Leaving Jackson at 5. He’s raw but has the potential to be that stretch 5 who also plays good defense. It’s also been reported that the Mavs are definitely in the market for a big in FA. Julius Randle would actually be a good fit next to Jackson. With Dirk and Holger helping Randle he should be able to develop a consistent mid range game. Playing under Carlisle his defense should also improve.
I don’t want to pay Randle max money though. Ideally I’d like him to take less so that the Mavs could also sign Kentavious Caldwell Pope.
A core of:
Jackson
Randle
Barnes
Pope
Dennis
Would not be a bad young core at all. Then you go into the trade deadline or next off season with Wes and JJ expiring. They should be able to flip those two for a draft pick or at worse they can use the cap space.