06-30-2025, 04:27 PM
(06-30-2025, 04:24 PM)Winter Wrote: Russell has had defensive lapses. In LA Reddick benched him partly because of that and partly because he went cold from the field. He's not without warts.
However, he can score most nights. Sometimes with a vengeance. He will force defenses to guard out there... maybe open the court a little with him and Klay on the perimeter. The real trick for Kidd will be to stay on top of Russell's decision making. If the Mavs can get Exum, they can maybe make an adjustment if Russell is having a bad game... but I'm guessing there will be games when he goes all dinwiddie on us.
Sure, I agree with everything you said here, but at <$6 million you can overlook his warts. If we were talking about full MLE that would be an entirely different discussion.
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