01-20-2025, 03:11 AM
(01-20-2025, 02:31 AM)F Gump Wrote: Herb Jones as a concept has appeal at the right price, but with the real HJ, I can't imagine Mavs would ever consider a TDL trade for him, for several reasons.
1 They would be giving up assets and roster depth to make this team's chances worse. Maybe in the summer? But no reason to trade now and get nothing and sabotage the roster.
2 Trade matching and adjusting the roster (both DAL and NO) is easier in the summer, too, and I also think NO lacks any urgency to do a trade now when they are likely to have more suitors and better offers in the summer, after he returns to health.
3 It's possible that a labrum tear can involve surgery and take a LONG time to heal (6 months or more?), and it's an area that can have an impact on the mechanics and feel of a player's shot. Jones hasn't been a great shooter anyhow.
4 Of more concern is that earlier in the season he missed games due to a strain in that same spot. IIUC the labrum is a cushiony thing (ie it's cartilage), making me wonder if there is some sort of degenerative injury evolving here. With those kinds of things in play, it adds layers of caution and perhaps more progress and medical clearances necessary before chasing HJ.
Thybulle carries health question marks as well. He hasn't played a single game all season, after major surgery in the offseason followed by a rehab that went wrong. (Supposedly he sprained his ankle doing rehab, and after multiple months that "sprained ankle" is still the listed excuse for his ongoing absence. I'm very skeptical. That sounds wrong.) Their last word was "we will have an update in 2 weeks."
I agree Jones would be a huge risk and NO (and us) would be better off waiting until the off season.
But if there was a decent chance of Jones being fully healthy come PO time, what do you think about this deal?
Gafford/Grimes/OMax/Pick(s)
for
Jones/J. Green/Theis