02-15-2022, 01:08 PM
(02-15-2022, 12:52 PM)Smitty Wrote: I agree with you that they were willing to trade KP, but I'm not as confident as you are that they did so with the idea that they were going to take anything they could get. I think they like the players enough, didn't have to add a pick or player and thought that the timing and return was sufficient. I truly believe some in the organization like Dinwiddie and want him to be here and succeed here in his bench role. Bertans at his best gives this team much needed outside shooting but imo Dinwiddie is the "prize" going forward and the hope for me is that he fits perfectly as the much needed 6th man role the Mavs need and/or becomes a positive asset again for trade purposes. I see those two things as somewhat likely whereas KP ever being an effective difference maker or healthy co-star as highly unlikely.
So you think they didn't feel the need to trade KP, but getting two bench players on a combined 35 mil was a good return so they went ahead and pulled the trigger? Haven't we been saying for years that we need more starters on this team as opposed to "rotation" players. We thought it would make sense to trade an oft injured quality starter for two oft injured bench players that are currently terrible? I really hope this isn't true. I hope for some reason they felt they had to make a move and this ended up being the only thing on the table.