(08-09-2021, 02:59 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: ... and THJ ended up fulfilling (exceeding?) their expectations. I can't hold that decision against them. They were aware of the injury concerns, as you mention, but evidently the medical team signed off.
Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out nearly as well as they hoped, but it looks like they're going to give it another shot. I think I get why they're doing it, but I hope it doesn't end in their just delaying a major overhaul another season. That might well involve taking a step back in order to reset.
I still question their evaluation of THJ. Other teams offered him the same or more money so maybe I'm the crazy one. Though it isn't like NBA teams give out terrible contracts all the time. I really hate talking junk about THJ because I love the person, how hard he works, and unlike so many others, he wants to be here.
I don't think the MBT has any other choice but to try and make KP work out. You could probably trade him pretty easily, but you aren't going to return value at this point.
I think the new MBT did okay this offseason. The real test for me is how they draft next year.
Edit: I also think we view DSJ through the lens of what he's become and his last few moments in Dallas. He still had a good rookie campaign under his belt and potential at the time we traded him. And lord knows Carlisle and point guards. There were probably other opportunities to return value for him if they deemed he needed to be traded. And if the Mavs intention was THJ, I really hope the principles on that deal weren't centered around DSJ but rather expiring contracts for what was at the time, one of the leagues worst contracts in THJ.