02-11-2022, 09:09 PM
(02-11-2022, 09:00 PM)Winter Wrote: Bertans is really going to do what Kleber does... find a spot in the corner and shoot 3's. He's not going to do what THJ does.
I get what you mean by this, and you might be right.
However, when Bertans got that deal, he was doing WAY more than Kleber does, as you put it.
Kleber still, to this day, has a very slow release. It has gotten faster, but it's still a pretty labored, 1950's style set shot, pretty much. He is a wide open shooter only.
Bertans used to the be the kind of guy you can run around to create shot opportunities, with several possible spots in mind in some actions. That's how he got that deal, and how all of the players @"Kammrath" listed got theirs, too. To get paid as only a shooter, you have to do more than just hit percentage bench marks.
If you're right and he only stands in the corner, but shoots as well as Kleber, percentage wise, the deal will still be pretty bad, but he'll be a useful player, as you say.
My guess is that the Mavs think (hope?) he can get back to being more of a flame thrower. I have no idea who's right, of course, and I haven't really watched him during this period when everyone has decided he's awful.