01-19-2025, 03:06 AM
Jalen Smith at 8.5M (and 2 more years that are even bigger) doesn't appeal to me financially at all. He's very meh. And I don't think he would interest the Mavs as a solution, because the skill package the Mavs expect from their C is "defender and rim protector" and imo he's a significant step down in both areas from what the Mavs already have, and would want.
Draymond is an interesting name, and offers some interesting skills on the defensive end that could work, but on offense he's not really a floor spacer or a rim-runner, and the Mavs don't seem built for him to dominate the ball, so hard to see the fit. And being committed to that big contract scares me in his late 30s.
Draymond is an interesting name, and offers some interesting skills on the defensive end that could work, but on offense he's not really a floor spacer or a rim-runner, and the Mavs don't seem built for him to dominate the ball, so hard to see the fit. And being committed to that big contract scares me in his late 30s.