05-19-2021, 12:23 PM
(05-19-2021, 10:57 AM)bearforce1 Wrote: Some caution on using Wood's deal as a benchmark for bigs this offseason - on a Duncan & Hollinger podcast awhile back they mentioned that Wood had some character "red-flags" well-known across the league that likely depressed the market for him.
Thanks for that. As I’ve said before, we could have easily been on the receiving end of Wood since we sent assets to Detroit that would have covered his outgoing. I’ve assumed he wanted “his” team and didn’t want to be third fiddle to Luka/KP. It certainly could have been the Mav’s not being interested.
I know of another situation where Dallas passed on trading for a player we used to all pine for not that long ago. He had some substance abuse issues (can’t say who as it would violate a confidence). So, passing on Wood for character red-flags rings true to me as a possibility.