Yesterday, I made a lengthy case explaining the roster situatio n the Dallas Mavericks find themselves in. To build a roster for now and the future, Anthony Davis must be sacrificed. That is the reality of the situation facing the Mavericks after the lottery. A sensible person would consider it the most logical outcome to take the team forward.

GMs around the league are already beginning to point this out as a viable strategy to build for the future. It’s not a knock on Anthony Davis. It’s a question of how he fits this team now that Cooper Flagg is in the mix.

To that effect, I looked at some trade scenarios that could net Dallas assets to contend/compete while also building for the future. These range from fairly sensible to quite wacky, but I’ll let all of you be the judge of that.

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