2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

I don't disagree with a word of this, pal. I'm right there with you. 

Has it sunk in yet that they couldn't do better than this? I mean, maybe Hakeem is right and they could've avoided including the 2nd, but Dragic/Holmes? It just doesn't seem like that was possible. 

So, it was this or nothing. This, finish this season (or longer, if he gets hurt) pretending KP is the answer to ANY question...putting up with people wondering if he's being used right...watching him get pick and rolled to death. Or, bite the bullet and get on with fixing this. I'm not trying to tell you it's good. 

We have now arrived at the first AA meeting. The Mavs finally admitted they blew it. Now starts the process of getting that 10 day chip, then then the 3 month, then the 2 year (however they do those in AA - you get my point). 

The myth of John Collins, Holmes, Ben Simmons, whatever...that only existed here on this board.

One point I want to make.  Holmes is not in the same category of Collins or Simmons.  I did not have serious thoughts on those guys.  But Holmes is a distressed asset right now.  He is having a down year, and just got pushed to backup center.  He is clearly unhappy.  A 12 mil unhappy backup center is not an asset.  We would basically have dumped KP for two mildly negative assets.  It was practically a salary dump.  That didn't seem like too much to ask for.  Apparently it was (or this FO is terrible, I'm still struggling with which is the right answer).