12-12-2021, 10:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2021, 10:20 PM by BackToSquareOne.)
(12-12-2021, 10:11 PM)omahen Wrote: Because Green got his minutes, I guess. Looks like Kidd doesn't trust neither to be a PG. Mavs definitely need to consolidate talent. Powell is a waste of cap space in the system Kidd wants to play, so there is 10 mil of salaries to improve/dump. I guess the big question is - can Mavs survive losing "bench THJ" and replace his minutes with Ntilikina and Green? I think "bench THJ" is way overpaid. Replacement coming would be a big wing to start.
I see that to develop Green - who I'm fine with as a player (with the +ves and -es he currently comes with). I think it was you (maybe?) saying the Mavs should be able to afford 10m/game for Green, more or less come what may, since he isn't that much of a minus over other options such as benchTHJ, SBrown etc once you take the balance of O and D.
However ..... just as a comparison Frank gives you elite D (poa, man2man, switch-onto-a-big and team D/organization), Green gives you better than average effort and achievement at defence basics - its basically Bullock let D, but with a little less vet savvy. And Frank can shoot and can do some creating - although that will continue to be shaky looking, particularly if his minutes keep being f***ed about with.
What's actually happened (imo and whotf knows) is that Frank was out and Burke "played himself into the rotation" (fools gold and essentially a lie - but that's how Kidd sees it) and now gets to keep him minutes until something happens, we send out the saftey car and Frank can Verstappen-past him.