2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

Oladipo is the somewhere in between solution. Question is whether he is just a minor upgrade from Richardson (player-wise and too similar) and we should be looking for a skill-set that sets itself apart more from Richardson like DeRozan/Lavine.

You would be trying to pair Dipo with Richardson. Mavs would not forgo J Rich to get Dipo. Dipo would be the THJ replacement. On paper Dipo is more a PG/SG hybrid which is what we need and J Rich is a SG/SF combo.

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I was always promoting upgrading the roster, using picks as trade sweeteners. However, if they decided to keep them, they have to give them consistent minutes. No one can develop without playing. Mavs have a problem that they have a very deep team of mostly very average players. There is just not enough minutes for everybody. Some of them, notably Kleber and THJ, played deep below last year performances so far. Terry is certainly not better than Brunson at this point so getting minutes for him will be tough. However, Green should get 10-15 minutes per game at SG/SF or even small ball PF spot.

I could see Green cracking the rotation eventually. He has looked good when he's in there.