12-02-2021, 02:24 PM
(12-02-2021, 02:01 PM)omahen Wrote: What I am trying to say is about developing an asset. A decent team should be able to survive 15 minutes per night from a low producing rookie, who they want to develop and (if nothing else), increase his trade value. For some reason Mavs decided they rather do this kind of thing with WCS and Powell. Playing two guys 15 minutes per night each despite minimum production they provide.Under normal circumstances, you would expect a team's second-year first-round pick to be in the rotation, even if only for 10-15 minutes. That might lead us to consider why Green is still warming the bench.
I don't think you can drop Willie and Powell and play Green in their places. I don't think he has the skills/body to play center, although I am open to being corrected on that.
It's one thing to have a big who can't shoot on the floor. I can't think of a place in the NBA these days for a perimeter player who is not a threat to score. Since he is on his second coach now who does not deem him worthy of developmental minutes, I can only come to the conclusion that they don't think developmental minutes with the team are likely to result in his developing an offensive game in the short or mid-term. As far as trade value, they might actually think playing him would reduce his value below what it is now, if he indeed has any trade value.
But, who knows, maybe he's just in the second doghouse of his career here. He might be better off getting moved to a rebuilding team, if his future here still isn't looking up.
This is not to negate your point that the team needs to develop assets. Very young players are not always easy to evaluate in the draft. Some are able to develop into NBA players, but some aren't. That's on any team, not just the Mavs. Hopefully, they can get better at player development and/or make more fortuitous choices going forward.