Buyout Market 2023: Nerlens 10-day to Nets | Dragic to MIL

[Knutsen]

I blame you for spurring Noel to sign with someone lol!

Yeah it was definitely strange he was one of the more quiet buyouts and signings, given that he's arguably the most talented one. 

I don't see where he fit in minutes wise between Wood/Maxi/Powell/McGee. Signing Noel essentially means one of them isn't ever getting minutes and that couldn't have been good for locker room morale.

I agree Noel would've filled a need, and I'm a bit disappointed they didn't at least try. Right now I think the Mavs need leadership more than anything, which is why I'm pining over Dragic for the 423123141353rd time.

My bad - I take full responsibility! 

I know what you mean, but we‘re supposed to be all in this season, otherwise the Kyrie trade doesn’t make sense. We learned last year that Powell isn’t playable in the playoffs. We learned this season that McGee isn’t really playable at all. We know that Maxi and Wood are maybe best when playing together. We also know that defense and rebounding are clearly our biggest weaknesses. So I won’t understand why we didn’t go after Noel. 

The only reason I can imagine could be that this season isn’t all about winning, but all about keeping Kyrie happy and therefore being able to keep him in the summer. Then it makes sense to keep Pinson and Morris over a much clearer need in Noel (or Dragic).