2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Ya, I’m very glad to have him off the team for injuries alone. Add the fit issues and it’s even more relief. However, when he played, he did more good than bad, IMO.

Listened to KOC and Rob Mahoney pod on the Ringer podcast network (The Void if anyone wants to check it out! Always interesting guests). 

And they were talking about the KP trade and what it meant for the Mavs. Mahoney essentially praised the front office for having the wherewithal and maturity to admit a mistake and attempt to fix it. 

Now they weren't willing to say a return of Dinwiddie+Bertans was anything to write home about unless you truly believe Bertans has a renaissance in shooting and Dinwiddie returning to form. 
What I found the most interesting was Mahoney bringing up a point I largely agreed with, and that was: 

These days, it’s not enough just to be a 7-footer who can shoot. Every unicorn has to find a way to survive in a league that has learned to hunt them.

They both specifically mentioned KP's stagnation in his development of game and he's has really not adapted at all to this new NBA. Mahoney summarizes "if a team can get away with putting a SG or SF on you and you can't abuse that matchup consistently, you're no better than Ryan Anderson who was chased out of the league for that exact reason" 

I am a huge KP fan. I believed in each successive season that this will be the one where everything clicks. But what those guys said couldn't have been more accurate, and looking at it from that POV, then I'm not surprised KP's value was so low.