(10-19-2020, 10:48 AM)omahen Wrote: Dipo is extremely low risk scenario. If he works out and wants to stay, great. If not, we have our cap space for 2021. Paying #18 and some role players is like he was given away.
I just fundamentally disagree with this.
1) He had a PER of 11.3 last year and only 17.6 before the injury.
2) He shot 39% and 31% (27.5% on catch and shoot) on threes and yet 42% of his shots were threes (!) last year. He shot only 42% before the injury.
3) He struggled to share the ball with Brogdon whose usage is NOTHING compared to Luka.
4) He had a devastating injury that is worse than an ACL and relies on elite athleticism to be successful.
5) He has had ONE great year in seven seasons.
Giving up assets of any kind (especially first round picks) is extremely risky to me for him. I think you actually have a better chance hitting in the draft on #18 than you do getting Dipo to be a good and healthy fit in DAL.
One man's opinion. We'll see what happens with his career.
(10-19-2020, 10:51 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: What are you basing this assertion on? Did I miss an article?
Report by Shams that I put in the "Around the NBA" section. Many teams fear the cap will drop $25-30M from the previously estimated $115M unless players and owners can agree to artificially bump it. The owners are going to want to hemorrhage as little as possible, so them agreeing to go above $109M seems impossible to me.
That is what I am basing my opinion on.