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

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But he can make them pay on the other side for that gimmic not-really-a-zone defense.

Can he? He couldn´t against Maxi and Dwight in the Mavs series. Or at least not a degree where the trade off was worth it for the Suns. He lost his minutes to Biyombo. Going back and looking at the last couple of playoff runs it is more of the same. Lakers benched him in WCF. He didn´t play a single minute in the finals.

McGee is a solid regular season body. Don´t expect him to make a difference in the playoffs. On top of the already mentioned trade off his biggest problem is foul trouble and at this point in his career I don´t expect it to change. Ranked 2nd in the league in fouls per36 in the regular season with 5.6. Even worse in the playoffs. 7.3 fouls per36. Basically a self-inflicted minute restriction.