Can Mavs 'Win The Trade' in Julius Randle Homecoming from Knicks?
DALLAS - A Dallas Mavs trade for hometown guy Julius Randle would certainly solve one problem. ...
The Mavs wouldn't have to play against him any longer.
By repuation, Randle - now with the New York Knicks - sees his eyes light up when playing against Dallas. And seriously, now come some suggestions of ways to solve that ...
And maybe a way to make the Mavs roster even better.
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The Knicks don't seem to know what to do with Randle as they just loaded up on wings to play alongside Jalen Brunson, the ex-Mavs guard turned New York sensation.
So here comes one internet guess: New York nets P.J. Washington Jr., Maxi Kleber, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, and the Mavs 2025 first-round pick. That's ... a lot of bodies.
Another idea: A mock trade from Bleacher Report would bring Randle to the Mavericks for a package of P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Jaden Hardy, and some second-round picks.
Again, those are bodies, some with value.
But from a Mavs perspective? The core would be Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively and Julius Randle.
On paper, that works … at least on the offensive end of the floor.
But there is this: One long-standing measure of which team "won the trade'' is which team received not the "most players,'' but the "best player.''
And that would be Julius Randle ... right?
