FA: JaVale McGee 3yrs/$17.2M to DAL | will indeed start at center

[dirkfansince1998]

Howard was not ahead of him in the Lakers rotation in 2020, their championship season. 

McGee started 68/68 regular season games @16.6 mpg. Howard played 69 regular season games and only started 2 @18.9mpg. 

In the playoffs, Howard played 15mpg, and started in 7 games. McGee played 10mpg and started 11 games. 

If anything Lakers used them interchangeably, but used McGee as the starting big almost every time in small minutes.

Now today in 2022? McGee is undoubtedly better than Howard (*and conveniently the other 2 guys you left out in Whiteside/Drummond). 

McGee was out of this world efficient posting 9ppg and 7rpg in 15mpg. Howard was 6ppg and 6rpg in 16mpg. Powell was 9ppg and 5rpg in 21mpg.

I understand we're going through the stages of grief over losing Brunson and nothing the Mavs do is correct, but the McGee signing at 5mil is a value signing, and exactly what this team needed. McGee does the job of Powell better, and at half the cost. 

I for one am like Dan and have already prepped myself for Brunson leaving, and the Knicks giving him 26 mil a year makes that a WHOLE lot easier. Sooner we all realize that Brunson wasn't integral to this team success, the quicker we can see that the Mavs actually made some solid moves so far.

If you post it one more time you might start believing it yourself. I am not anti all things Mavs. I liked the KP trade that most people hated. I like the Woods trade. But I am not going to make apologies for this train wreck of an free agency.
If you think that McGee is the second coming of Mutombo feel free to do so. It´s not like we just watched him in the playoffs and saw what he can do. But then again you already dismissed that he was a DNP coaching decision when it mattered. That Howard started over him to close out the WCF and in the finals. That he was completly useless against the Mavs this year.
Whiteside averaged 8/8 for the Jazz. Drummond averaged 6/9 for the 76ers. They all belong in the same tier. Vet min backups.

The pathetic part is how predictable this fanbase is. Brunson leaves and we immediately start to trash him. Question his character. Act like he wasn´t good in the first place. Act like him leaving was the only possible outcome. Not like the Mavs had anything to do with it.