GAME 26 DIRKIE: Winner MB (68%) | Runner-up JG (18%)

[omahen]

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.

Yes, I have been preaching for Mavs to give Green minutes. And I think he is showing he can easily play 10 minutes per game without drastically hurting the team. So can Brown. 

Mavs have just too many average players on this roster, don't forget S.Brown. Same thing at center with WCS. Sure Ntilikina likely surprised them, but Brown and to an extent Burke are more or less just eating the minutes of guys who actually have an upside. As it is obvious these Mavs are not contenders, it would be quite wise to trade away Burke/Brown for a couple of second rounders or youngsters with upside and give their minutes to Ntilikina/Green, imho. Develop the assets. I am not speaking about a full out tank, just trying to maximize the value of the scarce assets they have.