Let’s get this out of the way up front: these are not trades that would happen tomorrow or in the next few weeks. The purpose of this is to draw attention to situations where the Mavericks could take advantage of a scenario where a player is on a team that he either no longer wants to be a part of, doesn’t fit the timeline of, or where there’s a logjam at that position on the player’s current team.
Team success will significantly determine the availability of these players this upcoming season. More specifically, these guys could either play their way into becoming a key part of their team’s core moving forward, or their production could lead to them being viewed as disposable if they don’t make a significant jump from last season.