How This Trade Impacts Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks have to make a move to upgrade their offense before the NBA trade deadline. With how wide-open things look this season, anyone willing to make a big move could put themselves in a position to challenge for a title.
So, in this hypothetical deal, the Mavericks take the plunge acquiring CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. from the Portland Trail Blazers. Both players are a perfect fit for what the Mavericks are looking for.
McCollum is the secondary ball-handler they have been in the market for since the offseason. He is a more than capable playmaker and will help kick the offense into gear. He is averaging 20.8 points and 4.5 assists this season, shooting 39.6 percent from the 3-point line.
McCollum is a perfect backcourt partner for Luka Doncic and would enable the team to put Jalen Brunson back with the second unit if they so choose to. McCollum is a sizable upgrade over Tim Hardaway Jr. and brings a little more to the table that Dallas needs.
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Larry Nance Jr. is the exact kind of versatile forward the team needs with Dorian Finney-Smith’s future up in the air. Acquiring Nance would enable the Mavericks to show Finney-Smith in other deals, as he could be pricing himself out of town.
Trading draft picks that far down the line isn’t always ideal, but when you have a generational talent such as Doncic, you are expecting to be contending for years to come. Dallas should be comfortable parting with that pick to improve their chances of winning now.
