02-26-2021, 04:12 PM
(02-26-2021, 02:49 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I couldn't agree more. Absolute, brutal truth. You either stand still, hoping, or you get busy fixing the roster.
The people who can't or won't wrap their heads around moving him are clinging to an idea that the Mavs can be or should be good SOON. They aren't good, and if waiting on KP to save them is the plan, I don't think they will be good in 4 years, even.
Instead of trying to use him to BUY something that fits the roster better while staying on this unrealistic timeline, my opinion is that they should SELL him for literally anything they can, be it young players (to whatever level he is worth) or picks (of whatever value he can bring). This idea that they'll only remove this absolute anchor from their roster if doing so nets Bradley Beal, LaVine or prime Michael Jordan is folly. Each day that passes makes the mistake bigger and the problem more glaring.
This seems like an extreme take. The second best player has been out half the time and trying to play himself back in shape when he is out there. The team got devastated by Covid, more so than any other team (except possibly Miami), and they have played one of the toughest schedules to date. It's been a very disappointing start to the season, but they are basically 500, are finally getting healthy, and have one of the easiest schedules going forward.
KP was a good defender/rebounder all last year, and his offense took off in the second half when they started playing 5 out. I'm going to trust that sample size a lot more than the much smaller one of this year when he is trying to play himself into game shape. If he is still playing like total shit (or can't get back on the court) at the end of the season, then I will start to worry.
To trade KP now makes no sense. Unless he is out for most or all of the rest of the season (he apparently will be back next game) he will very likely have more value in the summer than he does now. Lets let the rest of the season play out and see where we are at then.