05-31-2024, 11:44 PM
(05-31-2024, 09:52 PM)Luka77 Wrote: It may not be common but that doesn't mean it can't happen. Most young guys don't want to come off the bench because it will affect their salary or they lose minutes. In Simons case he already has his contract and he would not get less minutes. And like I said Simon shares the same agent as Luka so I am sure he would know at all times his value to the Mavs
Moreover, our very own Jason Terry was a starter in Atlanta and Dallas and then came off the bench to win an NBA championship. Manu Ginobili (a hall of famer)came off the bench to win a championship. There have been many people through out history that were successful players as starters that then came off the bench to win championship. Only players with big ego's (Carmelo, Iverson) recently have resisted or been angry when asked to take a bench role.
Moreover DFS wasn't shooting 5 threes out the gate, he wasn't even shooting 5 shoots total. It wasn't until DFS was 27y.o that he was shooting 5 threes a game. Moreover the three wasn't a big part of DFS game coming the league (at 23 y.o) it was by design that they forced him into shooting more threes.
Also, DFS isn't the only player that increased his three point shooting as they got older. Maxi was shooting .311 from 3 at 26 y.o taking less than 2 a game. Only when he was 27 y.o did he start making them at league average of .35 at three a game.
Terry was in his 30s when he started coming off the bench, which is about when guys start thinking about doing that, not at 24.
You are going to find multiple examples of guys who increased their 3 point shooting significantly. You will a lot more examples of guys who didn't. The first list gets smaller when you talk about guys that never shoot more than one three per 36, and my guess is its even smaller when that guy has never shot better than 70% FTs.
Another point to bring up is that your trade for Simons (which probably needs more assets going out) makes it very unlikely we will be able to retain DJJ.