2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Fuerza1]

For a team that made such strides on defense our offense was actually better the year before when THJ was frequently the second option. Brunson is expendable but I think we've missed the boat on cashing in on him in a trade.

But THJ second option led to two 1st round exits. Without Brunson in last year's playoffs, the Mavs go down 0-3 before Luka returns from injury, and likely get eliminated in the 1st round, again.

Brunson as the #2 got them to the WCF, that's a fact. 22 ppg in the playoffs has only been done by Aguirre, Blackman, Finley, Dirk, Luka, and BRUNSON in Mavs history. The former 5 are all multi-time all stars. 

I kept hearing how a Brunson + Luka backcourt would be the worst defensive pairing in the NBA yet the Mavs were ELITE on that end. How is that possible? 

If you think Brunson isn't a #2, that's fine. But to call him expendable while the Mavs have no cap space for several years, that's simply puzzling.