Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[KillerLeft]

Exum isn't bad, he just has this Josh-Green type of mental issue with him -- he does not want to score and is contended with pushing the tempo and distributing. As 3rd PG he is better than most, as a back-up it depends. If Mavs are getting pre-injury Mavs Exum he is good, but if the Mavs are getting the Exum of last season then -- he goes from good to "at the very least he defends" category.

I agree with this, only I feel like I've seen Exum play aggressively well, and recently (when they gave him the ball after the Luka trade and Kyrie's injury). It was a new Exum I've never seen before, and if he can do THAT consistently, I'm confident he can be one of the above average backup PG's in the NBA (barring injury, of course). Plus, his positional and role versatility is through the roof. I think he's a great player to have around, especially at the minimum. 

One thing that has become abundantly clear about Harrison - he follows basketball. I don't mean to suggest that he understands the game better than anyone else, really, but he seems to remember the big lottery talent, even years later. We used to make such a big deal back in the Fish days about Donnie and his "fallen angels." Well, don't look now, but this team is LOADED with former lottery picks. I believe there are three former #1's on the team now. DLO went #2. Exum went #5. Thompson went #11. PJ and Lively both went #12. I can't remember the Mavs ever being this stuffed with "blue chip" players, regardless of how we feel about how their careers have played out so far. This is a different game than Donnie Nelson and Cuban were playing all those years, that's for sure.