06-19-2024, 10:13 AM
(06-19-2024, 10:05 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Last part is why I am so high on him. The way the Mavs defend big and versatile guys that can help in the gaps or at the rim are more important than POA defenders. Players like SGA or Edwards will blow by a defender more often. Having more plus defenders with size would allow the Mavs to double down on their biggest strength.
With the added benefit that Avdija also offers some of the missing shot creation/playmaking. He isn't the 20ppg iso scorer that some posters are asking for but he can do a lot of things within the flow of the offense.
Didn´t know we had such a thing.
Yes on paper he is a shot creator/playmaker, but what if the other team just plays five metres off him in the play-offs. Then you have a Giddey/Rondo situation. I don´t gamble multiple 1st round picks on somebody that might be as playable as Josh Giddey, but has a vastly different public perception right now. You generate value by taking on players at low points (like Washington or Gafford), not when Avdija is considered the best prospect on an awful team with no urgency to trade that player.