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Lawson had 32 pts and 12 rebs in a win over the Wizards on Monday.  He's getting an opportunity to play and taking advantage of it.  Grimes has turned into a primary scorer due to the Sixers injuries.

Goes to show you not to fall in love with our two way guys (who are playing really well).   Someone needs to score points...even on bad teams.   Good for AJ though.   Just like some current Mavs, shooting was his swing skill.  Just never proved he could hit open threes.   The rest of his game is NBA quality.

I have liked what I have seen from Caleb.  Need to see more though.  I think there is a case that some teams would prefer Caleb over Grimes.  I don't think Grimes is a 20 pt per game player on a good team.  Probably 10-12.   He was good in Dallas though.

What still pisses me off is we gave up a high second round pick in that trade.   Not only that, but the trade handcuffed us of any flexibility if we wanted to add another player.   And then Martin doesn't play for a month after the trade.   It is just so bad negotiating.  I would have walked away from the trade after it was determined Martin was hurt than giving up that second.   Morey sensed we were desperate for some reason.