02-14-2022, 01:16 PM
Again, I'm no Dinwiddie fan. I want to keep stating that to make it clear.
But, for context, 75% of this board would've preferred him last summer to Hardaway, and said so often. Basically, the Mavs just traded for a guy at Hardaway's level, only he's more of a creator and less of a shooter.
Even in the worst case scenario that's a rotation player, just like Hardaway was here before the injury.
Bertans, before the bubble injury, was a player that people around here used to claim was multiple levels better than DFS and Kleber. Comparing him to Kleber, specifically, I'd say it's objectively true that back then he was in a totally different class as a shooter, and I've seen footage from THIS YEAR where he was moving really quickly off of screens for lightning fast catch and shoot attempts (@"cow"'s bench argument video started with one, actually). It seems like the problem is that not enough of them are going in, and that's concerning, but Kleber can't do that stuff. It's just a fact. Now, don't get me wrong: I have not followed this player closely since he got hurt in the bubble, and he might be just as bad as everyone says.
But, for context, 75% of this board would've preferred him last summer to Hardaway, and said so often. Basically, the Mavs just traded for a guy at Hardaway's level, only he's more of a creator and less of a shooter.
Even in the worst case scenario that's a rotation player, just like Hardaway was here before the injury.
Bertans, before the bubble injury, was a player that people around here used to claim was multiple levels better than DFS and Kleber. Comparing him to Kleber, specifically, I'd say it's objectively true that back then he was in a totally different class as a shooter, and I've seen footage from THIS YEAR where he was moving really quickly off of screens for lightning fast catch and shoot attempts (@"cow"'s bench argument video started with one, actually). It seems like the problem is that not enough of them are going in, and that's concerning, but Kleber can't do that stuff. It's just a fact. Now, don't get me wrong: I have not followed this player closely since he got hurt in the bubble, and he might be just as bad as everyone says.