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[DanSchwartzgan]

Thats a lot of money for a role player in his (then) late 20s on a bad team.

At some point the oncourt production & fit has to be evaluated. Marshall + Flagg have played roughly 1000 minutes next to each other this season and the results have been poor at ~ -6,5 points per 100 possessions per NBA.com 2 men lineup stats.

The team has not performed well overall which huerts all lineup stats but even if you look at all 2 men groups that have played almost 100 minutes together Flagg and Marshall are roughly in the bottom 10-15 of the Mavs’ duos.

Winning is hard in the NBA. You cant just declare anybody a building block by default and pay them accordingly. Gafford and Washington are already on big longterm deals and it’s not like the results with those two alongside Flagg have been a great positive either. (-3 and -10 per 100 possessions).

I like Marshall, but his best role is the direct backup to Flagg as their offensive games (attack the basket off the dribble and shoot a three if you absolutely have to) are similar.  His full allowable extension is too high for that role.  He's probably made himself some money this season, but there isn't a team out there that is going to pay over the MLE for him.

Unfortunately, PJ next to Flagg is even worse than Marshall next to Flagg.  I don't think we have our answer at this position yet.  Both PJ and Marshall are nice players to have and I'd probably like to have one of them off of my bench longer term.  But neither is critical to what needs to be built around Flagg.