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

[mvossman]

I raved about the Wood trade from day one. It was always an "A" move from a GM standpoint. What irked me was how he has been handled, spoken about, and placed behind clear underserving underperformers (like McGee). Now that Wood has been forced into the role that most of us thought he should be in from day one, it turns out he is performing exactly how most of us thought. I give the coaching ZERO credit for anything that has happened with Wood. The trade? GREAT move from day one.

Has Kidd been forced to start and play Wood more minutes due to injuries?  Since moving on from the McGee experiment, Powell was the starting center.  Kidd could easily have continued starting Powell, giving him roughly 20 minutes and sticking with Wood coming off the bench and getting upper 20s minutes.

Wood had some serious defensive struggles in the early part of the season.  I'm not so sure things would have gone nearly as well if Wood began the season as the starting center.

I feel like there is still a narrative out there that Kidd and the FO are not on the same page and Kidd has been trying to sabotage Wood.  I think the evidence suggests its more likely that they have been on the same page from the beginning and that Kidd's purpose has always been to get Wood focused on the defensive end.