Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic is going to need some more help this season if the Dallas Mavericks are to be a real threat in the Western Conference and while they have a lot of frontcourt options already with Kristaps Porzingis, Dwight Powell, Boban Marjanovic, Willie Cauley-Stein and others, adding Marvin Bagley III to this team could give them another key scoring talent to utilize in their rotations.
Trading away Dwight Powell seems like something that is inevitable at this point for the Dallas Mavericks and giving him up to add Marvin Bagley III definitely makes sense, even if Bagley acts as a “one-year rental” type of player.
Powell has no long-term value to this team and is only taking up cap space, which is one of the main reasons why this deal makes sense for the Mavericks.
Dwight Powell is set to make $22.1M over the next two seasons with the Mavericks, which makes him someone Dallas should want to move since he is going to underplay his value, especially with a ton of other centers already on this roster at a cheaper price.
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Being able to move Powell for Bagley gives the Dallas Mavericks a better player to contend with this year in their frontcourt, as well as an extra $10M-11M to have next offseason.
Now this money would likely be utilized as payment for Doncic’s mega contract extension, but overall, it is money that Dallas doesn’t have right now and desperately needs.
Adding a versatile big man like Marvin Bagley III opens up the Mavs’ offense a little bit more and the best part about adding him on offense is that he is great in pick-and-roll situations, which Dallas utilized a lot of last season with Luka Doncic as their primary ball-handler.
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A lot would need to happen to make this trade a possible reality for the Dallas Mavericks, but if Marvin Bagley III is available near the trade deadline, he is definitely worth taking a swing at from the Mavs’ point of view.
