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[Jmaciscool]

F Gump called this and it makes me sick to be honest. Wood won't be here next year. This makes the off season more disappointing to me personally. Might as well trade him. They just want to suppress his value in a contract year. This is the Mavs being the Mavs. You don't make a talented player like Wood earn a starting spot on a team that will most likely be a 4-6 seed. We don't have the culture or trophies to justify a move like this.

I can definitely see what you're saying, and there a greater than 0 chance you're absolutely right, but I'm not as worried about this personally. I look at it as the Mavs (from Kidd) working to promote a defense first culture, and that seems to be the weakness of Wood (and thus what he needs to work on the most). If Wood responds and improves his defense then great, and if he doesn't then this probably won't be a long stay for him.

I think Wood has the potential to be a great fit here with Luka and I really hope it works out, but objectively spreaking he was traded for the #26 pick (and scrubs) which tells me he probably doesn't have the skins on the wall (yet) to put up much of a stink about not starting and should hopefully use it as motivation.