11-03-2025, 03:43 PM
(11-03-2025, 03:18 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: 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.
He did not play him as much as I wanted him to, but he still got 23 minutes a game. I think the biggest issue from a minutes standpoint was the fact that he was redundant with Klay. I'm sure Nico wanted to ditch him because he didn't sign at the beginning of the season, and maybe Kidd did have an issue with him, but as we watch this play out it seems like Nico/Kidd not getting out of him what Philly has is more of an organizational failure than a good reason for that trade.