2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Scott41theMavs]

Timmy is a significantly better player than anyone not in our top 6.  I'm not worried at all about us being worse or losing wins because Timmy is on the team.  He has already lost his starting spot and I don't see that changing.  His offense would be particularly helpful in some cases and I am not worried at all about him taking the ball away from better offensive players (in the playoffs it was clear we needed more players that could do something other than shoot wide open threes).  I agree on long term fit that he is not ideal due to his lack of defense (along with our other 3 offensive players), but that does not mean we burn assets to get rid of his salary, especially when that salary is descending and will look more appealing to other teams as soon as TDL.

I also don't think its a good mentality to say we have not been great in the draft in the past so we should not value late first round picks.  If nothing else we could/should use that pick to get a legit starting center.

Perhaps you're right as to Timmy. I just think the Mavs have way too many salary issues not to resolve one of them using the draft.

My comment on the draft wasn't that past drafting woes should be of concern, but rather that Nico's inexperience with drafting should be. We don't know how good or bad our scouting team is at this point. 

I understand that the center position has declined in worth in recent years, but I hope you aren't saying they're going to draft a "legit starting center" with the 26th pick. That would be some Nellie-type magic. I assume you mean, rather, that they should trade it for that guy if they can - which is going to require some salary ballast.

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This is a very smart post, even though I think we tend to overvalue late first round picks. 

I’m replying to add that I am unconvinced Tim will continue to defend poorly. He was always a willing defender, and Kidd has successfully turned most of the rest of the team into plus defenders. Give him a little more time to adapt to the new expectations. He may surprise us all.

His efforts in the time before his injury do not give reason for optimism. SD, never known as an adequate defender before coming here, did a far better job of acclimating to Kidd's defense within his first few games - i.e., a far shorter time than it took THJ to fail to do so.