Mavs trade deadline and draft thread

[rimrocker]

Alex Poku released by OKC.
Anyone interested?

Skilled 7 footer and only 22yo.

[purplefrog]

Hawks waiving Patty Mills. Could be a good pick-up for the Mavs given Exum's shaky health. I would prefer to have another PG around just in case....

[saclare]

Always liked me some Patty Mills

[rimrocker]

We signed Lawson to the last roster spot and Alex Fudge to 2 way.

Watched highlights and saw nothing but spectacular dunks and blocked shots.
Not sure he'd ever develop into anything usable because I don't see a lot of offensive skills.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I want Hardy to succeed but he is more a SG than a PG. I won?t say he can never be that guy but this season he isn?t.

We had two problems:
*1) defensive presence when Lively isn?t playing. Kleber helped. Gafford should be the end of that*
2) what we do when we don?t have two ball handlers. Our biggest losses in +/- all happen during periods where Luka or Kyrie are resting. We?re dominant for the first 6-7 minutes and okay the last 4-6 minutes when we have both Kyrie and Luka out there but we give up huge runs when we only have one ball handler out there. Exum is perfect but may never be healthy again. Hardy can?t help that. THJ can?t help that. We still desperately need a third ball handler.

Not to be a downer but Spence would have really helped. Maybe by getting consistent defense and frontcourt scoring we won?t miss him as much as I think.

** Great point. Jason Kidd agrees with you on that. But he still plays Gafford in situations that are not very defensively challenging in terms of moving out of the paint. Gafford is a paint guy. He gets totally lost defensively outside of the paint.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I want Hardy to succeed but he is more a SG than a PG. I won?t say he can never be that guy but this season he isn?t.

We had two problems:
1) defensive presence when Lively isn?t playing. Kleber helped. Gafford should be the end of that
*2) what we do when we don?t have two ball handlers. Our biggest losses in +/- all happen during periods where Luka or Kyrie are resting. We?re dominant for the first 6-7 minutes and okay the last 4-6 minutes when we have both Kyrie and Luka out there but we give up huge runs when we only have one ball handler out there. Exum is perfect but may never be healthy again. Hardy can?t help that. THJ can?t help that. We still desperately need a third ball handler.*

Not to be a downer but Spence would have really helped. Maybe by getting consistent defense and frontcourt scoring we won?t miss him as much as I think.

** And this is also a very, very good point. When it comes to ball handling you have Luka (first), Kyrie (second), Exum (third), and PJ (fourth) (though he is not used to doing that), then Green (but Green rushes a lot and makes poor decisions), and then nobody else.

THJ should be PREVENTED from handling the ball. He is just an executioner. He can shoot or drive the ball when given to him. But he is horrendous at passing. A ball-handler must be able to assess whether it is good/better to shoot, or to keep hold of the ball, or to pass. THJ has zero such skills. Green is better but HE RUSHES. Rushes in and then he can't stop. Luka is great at that, of course. Kyrie has such natural abilities/affinities. And Exum is great at that too but at a lower skill level.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

***Sounds like Spence wasn?t our main target so maybe Mavs know something I don?t*** about Exum or the offense with PJ

Rumors are our first call was Marcus Morris. 7pts, 3reb on 40% from three on a winning team (76ers)

******Yes !!!! That's how trades work. Organizations keep their real preferences hidden from everyone. Even players themselves. Organizations bring in players with a view to their selling or trade potential later on.