11-03-2025, 03:18 PM
(11-03-2025, 02:13 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I made a comment after the trade that some teams might prefer Martin to Grimes. I thought that was a fair comment.
Unfortunately Grimes has gone up a level or two since the trade and Martin has been unable to capture his play from Miami.
If you watch Grimes play, him and Christie at the 2 would have been good now. That may have been a long range setup.
The part that I continue to be unable to get past is that Kidd wasn't playing him. So, either Kidd didn't think he was any good (right or wrong), or there was something about Grimes behind the scenes that Kidd/the rest of the organization didn't enjoy. None of us know for sure, but I just don't feel like Grimes would have gotten the opportunity to play he got and is getting in Philly.
The trade, and what we think about Martin...this is a separate conversation to me. What I don't think we can say is that Grimes would even be playing here, or even that he'd still be here had the trade not happened. Flatly, I don't think the Mavericks wanted him anymore, whether we think that's dumb or not.