02-11-2022, 10:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2022, 10:25 PM by Omega_Supreme.)
(02-11-2022, 10:13 PM)cow Wrote: 1) I completely disagree. I don't think there is a winner in this trade but I do consider the Mavs the bigger loser.
2) I think Bertans will bounce back. Change of scenery does a lot of people good. We might have enough defense to help disguise one of the worst defenders in the league. Even if he returns to his Latvian Laser form, his contract is still bad. He has an elite skill and brings nothing else to the table which makes that elite skill a lot less valuable. Pop loved him and still traded him. Wizards paid him and instantly regretted it. This is a terrible contract swap with both teams hoping to salvage some rotational minutes from each player. I know if I was coaching against the Mavericks in the playoffs, I'd go at Bertans ever second he is on the floor. He fouls, can't stay in front of people and is slow on rotations. 6'10" and averages 2.7 rebounds for his career. I don't expect any of that to magically change.
All shooters are paid above average, we said the same thing when Duncan Robinson got his money. Elite shooting comes at a major cost in the NBA. Bertans is not overpaid, he is paid on par with other elite shooters in the NBA. 10 to 18 million is the going rate for those guys. By the way, Brooks used Bertans like Kidd will. Bertans got a lot of catch and shoot opportunities from Russ last year that were not there this year in their system. Unself Jr. and the new staff did not have a fit for him which is clear. The coaching change is something to keep in mind when assessing his play this year. The same with Dinwiddie, lots of those pieces did not mesh well.