07-01-2024, 01:19 AM
(07-01-2024, 01:13 AM)JamesConway912 Wrote: FA started at 12 AM in Europe. The lack breaking news was so anticlimactic I actually fell asleep almost immediately lol. Just got up to the DJJ and Naji news.
This makes me circle back to what I wrote yesterday. As long as we have means to replace DJJ loosing him isn’t the end of this team’s playoff aspirations. Marshall is a good defender and shooter I am perfectly fine with going from DJJ to him if the latter wasn’t on board with a diminished role. I understand that he did good things here but we’ve seen in the finals that a PJ + DJJ starting frontcourt isn’t talented enough on offense at that level. It’s a good thing to me that they’re willing to address this spot with their biggest offseason move.
And even if Klay / T. Harris suck Marshall is a very good safety net.
This is well measured and correct.
I think the thing that is bumming some of us out is that we don’t agree with the plan A that led to this. I am mildly intrigued by the idea of Thompson in a Mavs uniform, and even brought it up a couple of weeks ago. I just never dreamed anything would take precedence over bringing back the most impactful defender on the team that went to the finals. I definitely agree that Marshall is a good get and the type of player they should be targeting in general, it’s just gonna take me a while to wrap my head around all of this.