Dallas Mavericks: How the Jrue Holiday trade impacts the Mavs

How the Jrue Holiday trade impacts the Dallas Mavericks: 2. Mavs need to be more aggressive

New Orleans, on the other hand, now has three first-round picks to help their continuing rebuild around Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson. George Hill brings solid veteran experience into the Pels’ locker room, and Eric Bledsoe, despite recent regression, gives New Orleans another scoring option.

The Pelicans are more focused on the long-term restructuring of their team, which may benefit the Mavericks during their current window of championship contention.

However, this trade has huge implications for the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee. The Bucks are actively and aggressively trying to put together the best team that the back-to-back MVP has played with, so he signs a supermax deal to stay.

The Dallas Mavericks have never been the Cinderella of the offseason. Almost every “big” free agent signing the team has had under the Cuban/Nelson tenure has been acquiring players years past their prime or a player who didn’t pan out as expected. DeAndre Jordan didn’t work. Chandler Parsons didn’t pan out. Harrison Barnes was fine, but the Mavericks have never been the team to set the entire league on fire thanks to a Woj bomb.

It’s vital that Mavs fans realize that until this team makes a move to acquire a Jrue Holiday or even a Giannis Antetokounmpo, it’s wishful thinking.

At some point, this team has to get aggressive. If the Bucks can acquire Holiday for a handful of first-round picks, Eric Bledsoe, and George Hill, then the Mavericks can make a move for a player of his caliber with what they have on the table.

The Holiday trade to Milwaukee is proof that teams outside of Los Angeles and New York don’t have to bend over backward to supply their roster with star talent. The Dallas Mavericks do not need to act like their backs are against the wall every offseason, and this deal proves it.

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