FA: Naji Marshall To DAL | 3yrs/27mil

[The Jom]

Did you see the minutes DJJ was playing before coming to Dallas? And on a much worse team than the one Marshall was on at that. Curious if you thought there was zero chance of DJJ being a starter when we signed him too.

I have a feeling people will be surprised how little DJJ will bring to the Clippers, and I'm not remotely someone who wishes DJJ anything but the best. This Mavs team has super elevators on offense (Luka) and defense (Lively/Gafford), probably to an extent people don't quite understand yet IMO.

Calling Lively a “super elevator” on defense gets my post-of-the-day nomination. 

I wonder how many of Klay’s minutes last year, when his defense apparently slipped, happened without a rim-protector on the floor. If a little lateral quickness is all he’s lost, he might look pretty good funneling guys into the Dallas interior defenders.