2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

Question for those who think THJ has value around the league as a shooter. As far as reports are concerned, the Mavs were shopping THJ at the end of the trade season. It was also reported that they were looking for shooting in trade. Putting these two together, IF THJ is a good shooter, why look to trade him? Answer, THJ was a good shooter for 2 seasons of a currently 9 year career. That is why we didn't find a suitor. Shooting is hard to find, esp within THnoJ. His future is yet to be written, but to this point, there is no reason real reason to think he'll bounce back and if there is, it's for a team that has the stars to get him wide open shots.

This seems overly harsh.  I was not a fan of the THJ signing, but guys that score over 15 a game yearly have value, even if the efficiency varies.  The fact that he was one of the few players on this team to show up both years in the playoffs matters too.  His 3 percentage was down this season like everyone else on the team (and the NBA in general) and like the rest of the team started to come back when he got hurt.  

He might need to wait until the TDL or following season to get to neutral value.  At 21 mil he is not a very attractive contract.  At 2 for 33 after the cap has gone up a couple more times and its a lot more reasonable.