02-10-2026, 11:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2026, 11:40 PM by KillerLeft.)
(02-10-2026, 09:52 PM)loki Wrote: I don't think PJ's value disappears overnight after playing on a dysfunctional team for a season. Obviously you won't be selling high, but I still think he would be interesting to teams like the Bulls, Pistons, Warriors, Lakers, and Thunder. The worst thing to do would be to hold onto him even longer while his value continues to decline playing behind Flagg. Just move on in the offseason for the best draft pick you can get.
It's not this his value is or has disappeared, it's that he's not a starter for every team in the league as a given. What I'm noticing more and more is that the animal known as "bench player making more than the MLE" is quickly becoming extinct and those in between the MLE and the league minimum don't seem to be all that en vogue, either. If the Mavs don't trade PJW before it becomes clear that he isn't a starter next to Flagg (I think it's clear already, but I mean really clear, I suppose) that contract might start to age like milk. As things are right now he's a pretty niche starter, and that's coming from a huge fan of his.
EDIT: I wouldn't care about the above a bit, mind you, if I felt like the Mavs were close to contention. But, I do not.