06-11-2022, 02:52 PM
(06-11-2022, 02:45 PM)loki Wrote: I completely agree that Burke is the better player. I've also resigned myself to the fact that Pinson and Boban are probably going to be here for team chemistry. That's the main reason I've focused on Burke/Brown as salary dump candidates.
Ok, that's fair.
I just respond the opposite way, that's all.
What offends me is that we're forced to take as a given that so many guys who can't play are needed for chemistry. It's not the idea that "chemistry is important" that offends me - don't get me wrong. I was disappointed when Barea wasn't brought back, and I think that season proved that letting him go was a mistake. Also, it should be noted that the Heat, widely regarded as a franchise run the ideal way, keeps paying Haslem to sit on the bench. There's a reason for that - a good one.
I don't think Pinson or Boban offer what Haslem/Barea offer, personally. I'd be ok with one or the other, I suppose, but it seems to me that if we want to get upset over someone who's overpaid and doesn't play, Boban is the natural target. That's all I'm saying.
I actually believe (people are free to disagree, of course) that Burke should have seen the court in that GSW series before it was decided. I think he might've helped. Am I going to be upset if/when he's not on the team next year? Noooooo. But, have I circled him on the roster, thinking "they've got to dump him, somehow?" Absolutely not.
However, every day that passes with Boban on this team makes me a little more frustrated as a Mavs fan.