12-19-2019, 11:32 PM
(12-19-2019, 06:36 PM)mavsluvr Wrote:(12-19-2019, 06:18 PM)fifteenth Wrote: @"mavsluvr", Isaac Harris expressed something similar to your post. The one player that he thought that the Mavs would pounce on if they could muster a reasonable offer was Jrue Holiday.That's interesting. I hadn't really considered Jrue, as he doesn't seem to be an obvious fit. Doesn't play a position of need, I think has a player option extending past the summer of 21, is already 29. I may well have missed something, though. And if they considered him the third member of the core, then the length of his contract wouldn't be so important. Did he have any sourcing that the Mavs are interested, or was he thinking they should be?
I don't understand at all how he wouldn't be a fit basketball-wise. He would be an alternate ball-handler next to Luka, a solid defender, and a guy who can create his own shot, which we don't have enough of at starting-caliber level. Given what we have in the backcourt next to Luka right now, I would say that's clearly our greatest position of need. How "a three-and-D wing" came to outstrip that is something of a mystery. Yeah, you'd be losing a little size going from THJ to Jrue, but pretty much everything else makes up for it.
My hesitations with Jrue would have to do with age and contract. He looks to be falling off on both ends of the court. Is he over the hill, a la DAJ? If that's the case, I would want no part of him. I'll leave it to the MBT to scout him and decide if he's worth the assets it would take to get him.