01-30-2020, 04:08 PM
(01-30-2020, 02:36 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: My goodness, Robert Covington is so damn overrated. He is as inefficient as Wesley Matthews on offense, and that's with 2 healthy Achilles heels but comes with the Trevor Ariza hype at one tenth of the latter's accomplishments.
He is a little better defender than DFS but at 3 times the price? And he'll be 30 next year? His "best contract in the league" claim is also a bunch of hyperbole. You can find 3/D guys at $10M or less every summer. Hard pass.
As far as Iggy goes, MBT would be idiotic to throw in the GS 2nd for him. It's either Lee or Delon or no deal. That GS 2nd is like a late first rounder.
Lets say Mavs' 1st round pick is at #20. They can package #20 and #31 to move up in the first for a guy they really like at #15. That pick is much more valuable than 3 months of Iggy, and I say that as a guy who really wants Iggy here. If MBT give it up for a rental, they haven't learned from their past mistakes.
As far as I know Ariza never made a single all defensive team. The little bit better defender than DFS has better on/off numbers than DFS will ever have and had better +/- numbers than teammates like Embiid, Simmons or this year Towns. One year with great impact numbers might be a random aberration but no matter the team or the teammates his teams were always a lot better with him on the floor.
There is a difference between 3&D guys and defensive anchors. Draymond Green and Marcus Smart are even worse scorers but all three of them provide something that the boxscore cannot measure. They anchor the defense. Can switch everything and play incredible help defense. I don´t see a reasonable argument that DFS is even close as a defender. DFS is a great hustle player and I love his off rebounding but asking him to defend the best opposing scorer is not a longterm solution.
I was hesitant about RoCo earlier in the season because he had a slow start coming back from an injury but he is back to his former self right now. And no you cannot find guys that provide the same things that RoCo does for 10mio. They are currently under contract for 4/99 (Draymond) and 4/106 (Horford).