Mavs 4-Team Pipe-Dream Trade: Dame to Heat? Ben Simmons to Blazers?

Although it falls into the "pipe-dream" category, this four-team trade including Damian Lillard's Portland Trail Blazers, the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets could provide the final pieces the Dallas Mavericks are looking for on their roster.

Although there are still some interesting things happening in the NBA world, like Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic putting on a show for Slovenia ahead of the FIBA World Cup, and Dirk Nowtizki and other legends being enshrined at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next weekend, the trade market has cooled off ... for now, at least.

Despite star point guard Damian Lillard requesting a trade, specifically to the Miami Heat, earlier this summer, the Portland Trail Blazers are taking their time and are carefully examining all of their options in order to make the right decision for their future.

Given that we've reached a dead point in the NBA offseason when it comes to transactions being made, it's the perfect time to put on our creative DallasBasketball.com thinking caps to see how the Mavs could potentially benefit from Lillard eventually being dealt to Miami. Here is a mega four-team pipe-dream trade scenario that could accomplish some goals for all parties involved:

Mavs receive: Nic Claxton, Dorian Finney-Smith. Heat receive: Damian Lillard, JaVale McGee, two second-round picks (DAL). Blazers receive: Ben Simmons, Duncan Robinson, Jaime Jaquez Jr., three first-round picks (MIA) and two pick swaps (MIA). Nets receive: Tyler Herro, Tim Hardaway Jr., Josh Green, Jusuf Nurkic

Every team listed above accomplishes something in this hypothetical trade. The Mavs would get to reunite with a favored teammate of Doncic in Dorian Finney-Smith, whose $13 million per year contract isn't viewed as team-friendly as it was a year ago, as well as adding an experienced starting center in Nic Claxton, who is entering the final year of his current contract.

The Heat, fresh off an NBA Finals appearance, would get the big prize in Lillard, as well as a couple of second-rounders for taking McGee off the Mavs' hands. Miami would likely want to hold onto Jaquez, given the amount of draft capital that would be given up in this trade, but letting him go could be viewed as the extra cost of getting off Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson's contracts.

The Nets would get off Ben Simmons' albatross contract while also adding a couple of knock-down shooters in Tyler Herro and Tim Hardaway Jr., and they'd also be replacing Finney-Smith with Josh Green, who is younger, cheaper (for now) and has more potential. Trading out Claxton for Nurkic wouldn't be ideal, but the Mavs would probably rather have Green over Finney-Smith too, so it'd be a give-and-take kind of situation there. Perhaps the Mavs would have to include their 2027 first-round pick in this scenario, which wouldn't be ideal for them, but understandable.

And for the Blazers, three unprotected first-round picks and two pick swaps wold be the key part of their received package, but adding an intriguing young rookie like Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Ben Simmons, whose defensive versatility could mesh nicely with No. 3 overall pick Scoot Henderson, wouldn't be a bad haul at all considering the tough situation they're in.

Expanded trades with this many moving pieces don't happen often, but the Mavs have already been a part of a three-team trade earlier this summer that netted them former Boston Celtics 3-and-D wing Grant Williams. With a little luck when it comes to timing, and a little persistence, the Mavs could find a way to make the most out of the resources they have available.

GM Nico Harrison and company have already done it a handful of times in the last two months, so who's to say they can't do it again before the season begins?

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