Mid-Level targets

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I’m a firm believer that character matters and team chemistry matters. A guy like brooks who talks that much can be a huge distraction and can mess up on court chemistry. You make exceptions to deal with that if the player is incredibly talented, but Brooks just doesn’t have the talent to justify dealing with his knuckleheadedness. I think it speaks volumes that the team who knows him best has decided he’s not worth the trouble.

As alluring as his box scores are, team building is more than advanced stats. The Mavs have already filled the quota for 1 knucklehead (Kyrie) and adding Brooks will ultimately hurt more than it will help.

I mostly agree with you.  I still hope we can work something out for Grant Williams but at some point I look at value and it swings the discussion.  We forgive Kyrie because of his talent.  I could live with a year of Brooks on a sweetheart deal that lets him rebuild his image and puts him on his best behavior.  Jingles got 11M per and I really thought he'd be da BAE level player.