02-11-2021, 03:51 PM
Markannen is an interesting idea. He'd help a lot, I think.
OPJ is interesting to me, if you think he can play the 4 more than he plays the 3. I have always thought so, but there are hard lines of division here about that. If you end up replacing DFS, a cheap player who has demonstrated he's a team-first guy who fits here and works his butt off with OPJ, a guy whose track record is littered with over-hype and laziness, all while NOT fixing the PF problem, I think that's a fail. Could work, but might not.
Thad Young...hmm...I don't feel qualified to comment at this time. Haven't seen enough recent Chicago games. My gut says that this would be a short term solution at best, and as I've said in the past, I don't have much interest in those right now for the Mavericks. I think they're too far away to waste time with those. They aren't likely to last long enough to pay off, imo.
So, all three of those are Chicago players, which is interesting to me, mostly because it seems really difficult to gauge just who from that roster is actually available. Definitely a team to keep our eyes on at the deadline. Of those ideas, Markannen makes the most sense to me, as it's an investment in the future move and not just a quick fix.
PJ Tucker is almost ideal, in that he's a two-way player and would help them on both sides of the court. I can also buy that he's available and gettable for the Mavs. However, he's another short term solution, imo. I think he'd help them quite a bit this year, but in the bird's eye view of where the team is and where they're trying to get (and when), I'm not sure he's more than a bandaid.
Anyone else have any ideas?
OPJ is interesting to me, if you think he can play the 4 more than he plays the 3. I have always thought so, but there are hard lines of division here about that. If you end up replacing DFS, a cheap player who has demonstrated he's a team-first guy who fits here and works his butt off with OPJ, a guy whose track record is littered with over-hype and laziness, all while NOT fixing the PF problem, I think that's a fail. Could work, but might not.
Thad Young...hmm...I don't feel qualified to comment at this time. Haven't seen enough recent Chicago games. My gut says that this would be a short term solution at best, and as I've said in the past, I don't have much interest in those right now for the Mavericks. I think they're too far away to waste time with those. They aren't likely to last long enough to pay off, imo.
So, all three of those are Chicago players, which is interesting to me, mostly because it seems really difficult to gauge just who from that roster is actually available. Definitely a team to keep our eyes on at the deadline. Of those ideas, Markannen makes the most sense to me, as it's an investment in the future move and not just a quick fix.
PJ Tucker is almost ideal, in that he's a two-way player and would help them on both sides of the court. I can also buy that he's available and gettable for the Mavs. However, he's another short term solution, imo. I think he'd help them quite a bit this year, but in the bird's eye view of where the team is and where they're trying to get (and when), I'm not sure he's more than a bandaid.
Anyone else have any ideas?