(06-29-2024, 06:03 PM)LukaMVP Wrote: big markets prefer big names and it's also true the other way. if we're gonna do sign and trade for someone i'd rather it be Thybulle. dude may be limited and one dimensional in offense but his defensive talent is historic.

(06-29-2024, 06:03 PM)LukaMVP Wrote: big markets prefer big names and it's also true the other way. if we're gonna do sign and trade for someone i'd rather it be Thybulle. dude may be limited and one dimensional in offense but his defensive talent is historic.

(06-29-2024, 06:05 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: If this were the old regime, I would scold you vociferously for counting your DJJ chickens. But Nico has earned enough benefit of the doubt to legitimize a bit of complacency.

(06-29-2024, 06:11 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: All of this is predicated on the idea that LAL gets DJJ.  That changes a bunch of what we've presumed the last few days.

(06-29-2024, 06:16 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
ESPN Sources: Paul George is planning to take free agent meetings with the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic beginning late Sunday night and Monday on the West Coast.

(06-29-2024, 06:16 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
ESPN Sources: Paul George is planning to take free agent meetings with the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic beginning late Sunday night and Monday on the West Coast.

(06-29-2024, 06:05 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: If this were the old regime, I would scold you vociferously for counting your DJJ chickens. But Nico has earned enough benefit of the doubt to legitimize a bit of complacency.

(06-29-2024, 03:11 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: The bench unit with CP3 was one of the few bright spots for the Warriors. So good that they even tried to start CP3 instead of Klay for a few weeks. Thompson stood out as the player with the worst plus/minus numbers on the team in any given role. Didn't work next to Curry/Draymond. Was even worse off the bench.
 
Not trying to be an asshole because it isn't really about you but I am so freakin done with the despite the numbers narrative. We have reached a point where the NBA/synergy is tracking everything. I can confirm my eyetest with his post defense numbers. Can look at the tracking numbers to confirm that he gets deflections or secures lose balls. Can look at his blow by %. Can look at his plus/minus impact.
There might be a case that one of those metrics is underrating Thompson's defensive abilities but when all of them paint the same picture and confirm the narrative that most Warriors related media outlets and my eyetest agree with I am inclined to believe that he isn't a good defender.

It's interesting that you mention his passing. From what I can tell his athletic decline hurt his decision making. He isn't able to attack close outs like he used to and the Warriors aren't running as much split action for him because teams aren't afraid of his ability to cut. Resulting in an even higher 3-point volume. More contested 3s.

What remains is the intangible part that you mentioned. His reputation. I think that no matter what happens Klay is always going to have a gravity that only a few select star players can match. No one is going to help off him. Even if he is only shooting 37-38% from 3 for the season. That's certainly a positive.

(06-29-2024, 06:17 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Why are we predicating things on that idea? Has anyone aside from Grant Aseth made that connection? He’s insightful, but at the end of the day he is a small time Dallas guy, uber focused on Jones. Do we think giving the MLE to a non-spacer is likely to be the Lakers’ first major move after hiring JJ Redick, who talked for an hour at his introductory press conference about “generating more good threes?”

There might be a team angling to convince Jones to leave the Mavericks, but I would bet any amount of money I could get my hands on that the Lakers aren’t it.

(06-29-2024, 06:12 PM)BigDirk41 Wrote: Who are we signing and trading for Thybulle? He's under contract.

(06-29-2024, 06:25 PM)LukaMVP Wrote: oh, sorry I just forgot he is not a free agent. maybe maxi plus a 2nd round pick would work?

(06-29-2024, 06:16 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
ESPN Sources: Paul George is planning to take free agent meetings with the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic beginning late Sunday night and Monday on the West Coast.

(06-29-2024, 06:22 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Dan, is it just the agency change that has you shook? I know you like to track that stuff, but I don’t think it’s necessarily indicative of a problem in this case.

(06-29-2024, 07:39 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: ^

Yea, wouldn’t we have heard from one of the insiders that DJJ intends to sign with the Mavericks?

(06-29-2024, 07:30 PM)rocky164 Wrote: Personally, I’d rather sign DJJ and stay with what we have in the hope that the price for Jerami Grant comes down by the trade deadline than sign Klay.  But I can live with Klay and be happy depending on the contract.