2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[KillerLeft]

Yes, we shall see.  He actually got more minutes and shots on the Wiz than he did on the Spurs until this year, and that is because he has been unplayable.  He only had two seasons in his career where he averaged more than 8 points a game, and one more that 12 and he has never been a starter.  At 29, I'm not sure why expect him to take a huge leap.  We see all the time that a player can have a certain efficiency with limited minutes against bench units, but that it does not scale well when you increase their minutes.  If we rehab his career, a reasonable expectation is 20 minutes and 10 points a game on efficient shooting.  With nothing else to provide on the court, that is not worth more than MLE.  At 17 mil a year, that is still a bad contract that requires an asset to move.

I don't really want to weigh in on this yet in either direction because I don't feel passionate enough about the info we have to throw a take out there. 

But, as an objective reader, I've noticed that people who feel as you do about Bertans (very negative) seem to think it's a question about whether or not the Mavs can somehow make him better, while people on the extreme positive end of the spectrum feel like he's going to be exactly who he is and has always been without improving at all, and think that exact, already existing skillset will be more valued here in Dallas and put to better use. I think that's pretty interesting in a variety of ways. 

What if Harrison and Kidd see the same things you see in the player and have simply calculated that those deficiencies aren't as detrimental to this team in its current situation as the positives are needed? What if all they want is for him to run around pin downs or stand in the corner for 15-20 minutes and give the other guys some space to work out there, and they aren't actually all that worried about his defense?