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

[Scott41theMavs]

Sorry if this has already been pointed out (haven't perused the whole thread), but it seems that we understand now what Wood meant before the TDL about having earned what he had. I have a feeling the Mavs brass are telling him he's an MLE-level player, and that pissing him off.

I wouldn't be surprised if his next contract (not in Dallas of course) will be either just a hair over the MLE, or a one-year make-good (which would be him shooting himself in the foot even worse, tbh).

However horrendous he is defensively, he's still better in the rim protection capacity than any other Mavs big except maybe Maxi. The defensive unicorn center is of course a guy who can switch as intelligently as Powell while being able to protect the rim.