07-06-2022, 01:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2022, 01:06 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-06-2022, 12:49 PM)Winter Wrote: My "assertion" was almost every poster talks about Green like they know his upside - as if that were the Mavs only consideration. His "upside" is relative to several other things besides just his personal growth as a player. The Mavs can only wait so long. I personally think that how he ended the season last year was the writing on the wall. So I don't expect him to be on the roster when the 2023 season is over.
I agree with a part of this thinking. I do think this board (and sports fans, in general) tend to think youth automatically means "huge improvement is coming." It's just not true. The established veterans are viewed with disgust because of some things they can't do, but in reality they have broken through and established footholds in the NBA because they have proven that they are the best of the best of the best, on the court, in the locker room, in practice, etc. They're the ones who get it. The young players will mostly fall by the wayside along the way. Very, very few of them will reach anything close to what fans think of as "their potential."
Having said that, I personally believe you might have given up on Green a little too early. I think last season is reason for optimism, not a final nail in the coffin. Yes, it's true he wasn't ready for the playoffs. Neither was Brunson the year before. It's a new level - I don't think the ability to automatically reach that new level without first experiencing it is requisite to having a future in the league.
But, back to where I agree with you: Green is getting more expensive as we go, and so the chances are getting higher that they'll move on from him as time passes. Mix in the obvious fact the Mavs should be thinking about what they need to win NOW, and it's not difficult to imagine how the window of Green being worth more here than he is as a throw-in getting smaller.