Editor’s Note: Below is a conversation between three of The Athletic’s NBA analysts with different specialties. Seth Partnow (analytics), Sam Vecenie (NBA draft/scouting) and Danny Leroux (CBA/Salary cap) discuss and break down Friday’s trades made by the Mavericks.



The Trades



The Dallas Mavericks trade Isaiah Roby to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Justin Patton and cash considerations (The Athletic’s Tim Cato reports the Mavericks will release Patton)



The Golden State Warriors trade Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks for Utah’s 2020 second-round pick



First Impressions



Vecenie: This set of moves makes a lot of sense all the way around. For the Mavericks, they replace Dwight Powell after his Achilles injury with another athletic big man in Willie Cauley-Stein at the price of (essentially) two second picks.



For the Warriors, they get farther away from the hard cap and pick up an asset.