10-26-2021, 01:28 PM
(10-26-2021, 11:18 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: I agree that you have a point. He might improve his value more by playing. I'm just not sure it is crystal clear that he should be getting 20 minutes every night, despite not playing well.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the Mavs have given up on Josh yet, to the point of considering him primarily as a trade asset. I think they're still trying to develop him in practice, and they are probably as disappointed as any of us that he hasn't cracked the rotation based on merit.
If the primary goal is to increase the players' value regardless of current performance, then you could argue that the odds of success might be as great or greater trying to, for example, rehabilitate Trey Burke, or give Moses Brown some developmental minutes, or have DFS post up twenty times a game in hopes of convincing another team that he is is a diversified offensive player.
In Josh's particular case, I am not sure that increased minutes would necessarily result in improvement. In some areas, like defense and learning offensive schemes, playing is imperative to improving. Shooting, not as much. You really need to get in the gym and do those reps to develop a shot. Meanwhile, I just don't see them taking away twenty of Hardaway's minutes and giving them to Green. (Realize you aren't suggesting anything that extreme, but it is an example to acknowledge that more minutes for a developmental player come at the expense of players who are perhaps more deserving.)
Good subject for discussion. Thanks for calling attention it.
I think Green has an NBA ready skill in his defense, he showed a couple of times he can provide it. There are several similar examples accross the league of such players, even on very competing teams. Thybulle in Philly, Dort in OKC. Those guys play defense at elite level while they mostly stand in the corner on the offensive side and if they can hit a three at approximately league average, they are great assets. I am sure Mavs know what Green is and what he is capable of doing, but I am not really convinced he would be such a negative in those limited minutes. He wasn't a bad shooter in the college. A good team should have enough good players to compensate for a minus offensive production from one.
I don't think bringing in a career role player like Brown to eat Green minutes (while we already have Burke in similar capabiliy) was a very long term looking move. I firmly believe a player needs minutes to develop and I also think Green has some ceiling to his game. I don't think that for S.Brown or DFS, they are what they are. As for M.Brown - the way WCS was playing last two games, I would certainly rather look at Brown, despite his obvious flaws.