DeAndre Jordan Might Be A Blazer Superthread

Would love to see Jordan and Dame on the PnR. I think they ar both top 3 in PnR plays. Not sure what you trade. Aminu and ? Can’t see them wanting Turner or Biebs.

 

Think my sentiments regarding DeAndre are the same now as they were before the deadline. I'd rather have Nurk either on a small deal or his QO than a 24 mil expiring in DJ. Only way I'd be ok with that is if we shed ET in the process.

 

We’d have to match salaries. Dallas wouldn’t.

 

Why would DAL want him? I know they are keeping Dirk around for his retirement tour, but aren't they rebuilding? Are they hoping DeAndre will get them from 24 wins to 26?

BNM

 

I don't think they want a long rebuild. I imagine they think a lineup of DSJ, Matthews, Doncic, Barnes, Jordan is at least competitive. That's much better than a 26 win team, IMO.

 

Think they go after Cousins.

 

So Boogie and Cuban can gang up on the refs? It would certainly be entertaining.

BNM

 

I agree. With Doncic being a productive player in the ACB and Euroleague - this is a playoffs contender.

 

Really? It took 47 wins to make the playoffs in the West last year, and it's not looking like it's about to get easier anytime soon.

Matthews and Dirk will both be a year older. Their decline could be offset by improved play of Smith Jr. and perhaps the addition of Doncic, but I don't see that lineup + DeAndre Jordan winning nearly twice as many games as they did last year - not in the West.

BNM

 

in 2016 the 8th seed had 41 wins and in 2017 the 8th seed had 41 wins. With the bottom half of the conference getting better - it is very unlikely that we will get the same kind of top-heavy conference next year as we just experienced.

The Mavericks biggest issues last year were play-making (rookie PG, no other real play makers on the roster) and sub-par center play - this roster improves both of these issues immensely - so, yes, I believe that an improved DSJ with the help of Doncic as well as a proper Center can put them into the low-40s and into playoffs contention.

 

Because it’s Mark Cuban. He’ll avoid rebuilding at all costs.

 

The conference wasn't top heavy, it was middle heavy, with 7 teams winning between 46 and 49 games. And that doesn't include 42-win LAC who missed the playoffs by 5 games.

The Mavs would need to pass a lot of teams to claw their way up to the 8th seed. I don't see them improving that much more than all the teams that finished ahead of them and didn't make the playoffs. They may pass SAC and maybe the Clippers if they completely blow it up, but I don't see them passing LAL and DEN.

Best case, if they got DeAndre Jordan and their young players contribute, the could possibly finish in 10th.

It's all speculation but I don't think Jordan would be that much of a difference maker for them.

BNM

 

Dallas has gone on record as wanting to make the playoffs this year. Their wet dream is something
like: Houston clears cap to get LBJ, Dallas swoops in on a 24 year old Clint Capela, LBJ returns
to Cleveland. Houston sucks and Dallas gets a young nucleus of Doncic, Capela, and Dennis Smith
(and Harnes, I suppose). Their wet dream is actually possible. If they can't get Capela, then they'll
try for Boogie and hope he gets healthy. Jordan would be a 3rd or 4th option, but what they really
want is Capela, and they are willing to spend.

 

Capela and Cousins would both help them more than DeAndre.

BNM

 

yes, those are the 1st 2 options.

 

Who knows. Cousins could be a shell of his former self and we have no idea what Capela will be like without elite passers (and even with Doncic and an improved DSJ, we do not expect the Mavs to have the play makers and passers that the Rockets have).

Capela's biggest advantage at this point is his younger age and some mobility on the perimeter - but even tho Jordan had less usage% next to much worst play-makers last year - their output was very close.

I am far from a Jordan fan - but he is a useful center even in today's NBA. I would suspect that having a better coach than what he endured in LAC will also help.

 

Nurk outplayed Jordan more than once in a Blazer uniform...I don't see the upgrade but I do see the missed free throws and the age difference

 

Overall, I think you are correct. The only thing I would love to see is Jordan running the PnR with Dame. Nurkic doesn't finish strong enough when he rolls. Jordan would be good for ten dunks a game, playing with Dame. But, the FT thing is a problem and I don't recall that Jordan can guard at the perimeter any better than Nurkic can.

 

What you really get with Jordan is rebounding...but I've seen Nurk get 18 boards in a game