03-17-2022, 06:46 PM
(03-17-2022, 05:09 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Ok, I can understand that line of thinking. Now, if that's their line of thinking, how short sighted is it to do something like that? If THJ is the player many around here are trying to make him out to be, I have no clue how a team could be this cold and short sighted. Can you think of another instance this was the plan from a FO? Letting go of a player that they didn't necessarily want to let go of, but felt they had to to make this season a success? I can't.
I have to agree with IGT... If the rumors are true that they were actually shopping him, it would seem very strange that they would do so for a player that had been here for a while, was a good teammate, and fit the exact skill they were supposedly looking for in a trade, if he did, in fact fill that skillset. To make it worse that it was just for a half season playoff push when he had just signed on for long term. I believe they wanted more playmaking out of THJ's roster/salary spot, and now they have it in Din. Now they still need to trade THJ because where is he going to play if you are going with 2 playmakers, two defensive wings, and a big? He is a very expensive spot player, and maybe the Mavs even view his minutes completely gone with JG's continued improvement. I am sure that they would prefer him over Bertans, but he can't play bigger, and he is probably the easier of the two to move off of in a trade that nets you any value.