(06-22-2023, 11:40 PM)The Jom Wrote: With the player option, Holmes is essentially playing for a new contract 

(06-23-2023, 10:31 AM)Smitty Wrote: https://capcitycrown.com/2023/05/05/moving-richaun-holmes-contract-is-priority-number-one-this-offseason/

A good read on what Holmes was dealing with last year.

(06-23-2023, 10:10 AM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: He's not sniffing that type of money again in his career.

(06-23-2023, 01:46 PM)cow Wrote: While I believe this to be true, Dallas gives him the perfect opportunity to continue his career as an NBA player long term.  He got paid, had the domestic violence accusations (not a ton of info on this but he has been granted custody of his son and his filing a defamation suit against the Sacramento Bee), and then the Sabonis trade happened.  I'm not saying he's without fault for where his career is but a lot of folks here thought highly of him before he signed that new contract with the Kings.  With the state of our rotation, he doesn't even need to be great to get quality minutes.  I think, or maybe hope, he'll be motivated and can be a useful rotation piece.

(06-23-2023, 02:23 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Contrary to what most sports fans seem to think most players aren´t robots. Their performances usually don´t just deteriorate in their physical primes. It is injuries, addiction problems, mental problems or other personal reasons. You just need to evaluate the reasons and whether they can be overcome. Historically the Mavs have been notoriously ignorant or bad in these situations that demanded research and player evaluations.

This has all the trademarks of a bounce back year for Holmes.

He won the custody battle that must have weighed heavily on his mind. He´s getting out of the toxic environment and bad memories the Sacbee created for him in Sacramento with their accusations. He gets a change of scenery, in a completely new place. That´s exactly the kind of player you can bet on.

(06-23-2023, 02:28 PM)Jmaciscool Wrote: I think it's exactly the kind of player you can bet on when that player is the "cost" of getting another asset.  The difference to me is that in the past it felt like the Mavs bet on players like this as the actual target of the trade hoping which made success dependent on that bet coming true.  I much prefer this route where you get an asset and a potential bonus of the "cost" not ending up as an actual cost.

(06-23-2023, 01:46 PM)cow Wrote: While I believe this to be true, Dallas gives him the perfect opportunity to continue his career as an NBA player long term.  He got paid, had the domestic violence accusations (not a ton of info on this but he has been granted custody of his son and his filing a defamation suit against the Sacramento Bee), and then the Sabonis trade happened.  I'm not saying he's without fault for where his career is but a lot of folks here thought highly of him before he signed that new contract with the Kings.  With the state of our rotation, he doesn't even need to be great to get quality minutes.  I think, or maybe hope, he'll be motivated and can be a useful rotation piece.

(06-23-2023, 11:57 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: are we allowed to say that Kristaps Porzingis turned into Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively II, Richaun Holmes and OMax Prosper

https://twitter.com/all_things_mavs/status/1672215984550162433?s=46&t=4w35gotNXtBJnqxbaL7e9w


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Taking it a step further, Kristaps+DFS+2029 FRP turned into Kyrie, Lively, OMP, and Holmes.

(06-23-2023, 06:53 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: This is really interesting watching Prosper guard one of most difficult guys to cover last year in college. One hidden effect of having a shot blocker now is you can be more aggressive guarding on the perimeter. Bless Josh Green’s heart, he would battle wings but good players could get to their spots and get good looks. More difficult when you have a shot blocker lurking in the lane.

https://youtu.be/kvkF4f1qg0s

(06-23-2023, 06:53 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: This is really interesting watching Prosper guard one of most difficult guys to cover last year in college.  One hidden effect of having a shot blocker now is you can be more aggressive guarding on the perimeter.  Bless Josh Green’s heart, he would battle wings but good players could get to their spots and get good looks.  More difficult when you have a shot blocker lurking in the lane.

https://youtu.be/kvkF4f1qg0s

(06-23-2023, 10:10 AM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: That makes no sense.  With a player option, he's guaranteed an extra $12 mil payday.

Maybe he'll play hard anyway but the logic is backwards.  He's not sniffing that type of money again in his career.

(06-23-2023, 02:23 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Contrary to what most sports fans seem to think most players aren´t robots. Their performances usually don´t just deteriorate in their physical primes. It is injuries, addiction problems, mental problems or other personal reasons. You just need to evaluate the reasons and whether they can be overcome. Historically the Mavs have been notoriously ignorant or bad in these situations that demanded research and player evaluations.

This has all the trademarks of a bounce back year for Holmes.

He won the custody battle that must have weighed heavily on his mind. He´s getting out of the toxic environment and bad memories the Sacbee created for him in Sacramento with their accusations. He gets a change of scenery, in a completely new place. That´s exactly the kind of player you can bet on.

Quote:Report: The Celtics were thrilled to take OMax at 25 before the Mavs traded to 24 and stole him, per Bill Simmons

(06-24-2023, 05:13 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/Mavs_FFL/status/1672711891339149312?s=20

(06-24-2023, 07:21 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Kinda reminds me of Desmond Bane vs. Tyrell Terry, except this time we did the stealing.