02-20-2025, 11:31 AM
(02-20-2025, 11:06 AM)Winter Wrote: I think DJJ is actually a little better now then he used to be. He got more minutes in Dallas and improved. He got more minutes in LAC and improved again slightly - so far.
But he wasn't coming back to Dallas unless he got those minutes. If we can believe the rumors, he wanted to start games. So there was no getting him back I don't think.
I personally think Klay and Naji are fine. I don't need DJJ back to like this team we have.
Nobody is arguing that we needed to keep DJJ in order to like the current team. I was simply pointing out the change in direction from DJJ to Klay as soon as Nico had no other influences (and then we went down a rathole of DJJ vs Naji). We had a formula that got us through the Western conference, which was an incredible accomplishment. I thought it was strange to break up that formula to go after a 34 year old player when the timeline was 10+ years. This is about a pattern of behavior that continued with the Luka trade and I am afraid will continue in the offseason. History says you cannot make these kind of massive changes to a roster and win right away. So if you are constantly changing, you are constantly not winning. We have already turned the timeline from 10+ years to a 2-3 year window. I fear our two stars will already be past their prime by the time we are ready to make noise in the playoffs, and more significant moves (like KD) will reset the clock again.