2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[hakeemfaan]

The only hope for this trade…

The more realistic way of looking at the trade is this:

Let us put aside our personal evaluations of KP’s talent. I and you are on the same page. Many others disagree. Let us put aside if the Mavs should have got at least a FRP from Washington.  I am of the opinion they should have. Let us just look at the big picture. 


Every championship team other than maybe the Det one that won this century has had a true stud.  That is the most difficult thing to get. The Mavs are one of the few teams with such a stud.  Each stud is different. You don’t build the same way around Curry as you would around Hakeem as you would around Dirk and so on.  Regardless of our personal evaluations of KP, the Mavs have come to the conclusion that he is not the type of secondary player they want around Luka. I think they now realize that a big athletic defensive guard who can handle the ball for long stretches is ideally the perfect fit around Luka. I tend to agree with that evaluation.   

I don’t know and am sure they don’t know if Dimwiddie is that guard until they find a legit stud running mate . But they now know clearly the direction that they want to go.  To me that is good that if they know that they are not wasting anymore time worrying about how to mix up styles to fit KP next to Luka.  Move on to what you really want to do. This will make Kidd’s job much more easier. This will make the jobs of other players also much more easier as the styles won’t change whether Luka is on or off the floor.