THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[hakeemfaan]

I had mentioned this about Wood when we got him. I drive a few times a month to Houston and had heard how down the Houston sports talk guys were with him. Over here we look at numbers and not day to day things.  There he was upset about minutes or role and flat out quit in some games.   

At the same time given the Mavs ineptitude for drafting it was a risk worth taking giving up a first round pick for him. However can we please stop saying how the coach is holding back someone who is 27 and has been on plenty of teams?  All a coach has is minutes to get through to someone.  What we are saying is give him minutes because others have glaring faults as well. Kidd might be thinking this is one of the few guys other than Luka who has legit talent and hence wants him to do things that he is obviously not doing either on or off the court. He might be holding him to a higher standard than others because the reward if he can get Wood to buy in will be greater.  

Just throwing that out there as a possibility.  Either way I refuse to get frustrated because mgmt just let a really solid NBA player and our 2nd best player get away for nothing. Those things cannot be easily made up on a talent depleted roster to begin with. At this point though we have a generational talent and it is not good to waste any year, it might just be best to give ourselves the best chance to get a top pick next year.