05-29-2022, 08:53 AM
(05-29-2022, 07:14 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Sorry to do this in the draft thread, but peak Holmes was in 20/21, not last season. He had an EPM of 93 was in the 90th percentile of Block%, 87th percentile in DR% and 96th percentile in TS%. Damian Jones has a negative EPM every single year of his career. He's never once had a positive On-Off. There is more to basketball than points and rebounds per game.How about all the misses, when the Mavs did trades? The Mavs probably haven´t won a trade since Tyson Chandler. They traded with the perceived dumbest FO in the Knicks and Kings and still lost the trades. So why do we mention the success rate of late 1st round picks all the time, but never mention the horrible track record of the Mavs trading, whenever somebody suggests a trade.
The case for Holmes is very similar to the case for Dinwiddie (which so many here missed). Dinwiddie was fantastic his final full pre-injury season in Brooklyn. He didn't look like himself at all in DC, but largely returned to form once he got here. Holmes put in three really nice seasons as a starter before last season. Dallas might not be the best place for a guy with domestic violence charges hanging over his head, but he's miles better than Damian Jones or anyone we can get for the TP-MLE.
As to draft picks, a big man taken at 26 is years away from contributing to a serious playoff team. The hit-rate in this area of the draft isn't high. Yes, anyone can name names taken in this range or lower. But what about all the misses. No one ever names those names and there are MANY more of those. If it weren't so, two former #8 picks in the draft wouldn't be sitting on our bench struggling to get minutes.
And I´m sorry Spencer Dinwiddie is not a trade success story. He´s a 14/4/2 guard making 18M. Barnes is a better player than him and he´s making 18M next year. Everybody slacked him of for being a mediocre nothing player.