02-14-2022, 05:38 PM
(02-14-2022, 05:35 PM)mvossman Wrote: I'm not sure who was going to give him more than MLE? I like DFS a lot and think he is easily worth that contract, but the market for low volume 3&D guys has never been huge. Guys like Crowder, Green and Covington never got much more than MLE in their hey day and all were at least as good as DFS in their peak. I like Maxi on his deal too, although he has started showing some significant wear and tear.
I love both of those guys on the team and on their contracts, but neither is going to bring you much in a trade. I seriously doubt either could bring the value they currently provide us in a trade, so it likely will never make sense to move them. Hell, even Powell is starting to look like somebody we are probably better off holding on to than sending (at best as filler).
Those are movable contracts that do not net you much, and doing so likely does more harm than good.
Then in the last 6 months we have added three 18 mil contracts for bench players all with question fit and health issues. Those will all likely require an asset just to move, and we don't have any assets to attach to them. I am very curios what we are going to do with our 22. My guess is use it to get off either THJ or Bertans. Unless he has a major resurgence, it won't be enough to off Bertans. I feel like picks are less valuable during the draft then they are before hand when they can be seen as potential currency.
Can't talk about Brunson as an asset. As a UFA, he may not even be here. I feel like Dinwiddie negatively impacts his chances at signing here. If he walks next summer this FO failure will be complete.
I don't know what you want me to say, man.
Yes, the situation is terrible. We've all known that for over a year. I'm just happy they're trying to dig out from under, finally. The fact that you're so angry about this deal leads me to believe you wanted them to keep trying to make Porzingis work. I think that would've been worse.