08-17-2021, 03:33 AM
Maxi is an unselfish team player, who provides good to elite perimeter shooting when shots are created for him and plays very good team defense and also individual defense in the right matchup. His big weakness is paint scoring. He's not a player you ask to go out for 15+pts every night, but he also does not demand any attention or amount of attempts. He's the perfect 5th starter glue guy or high minute bench player.
Lauri is a great shooter on a higher volume and also takes it into paint way more often than Maxi. However, his defense clearly worse than Maxi's. The question is now much scoring volume will he get (and how will he handle it if it goes down) when mainly coming from the bench in Dallas, as he can only start when KP is not playing.
I love Markkanen at TPE level with Maxi staying with Dallas. See what he can provide to the team and how he fits, if it does not work he's still a great asset.
I hate losing Maxi for a $15m/y Markkannen, that is starter money and makes him a neutral to negative asset.
Lauri is a great shooter on a higher volume and also takes it into paint way more often than Maxi. However, his defense clearly worse than Maxi's. The question is now much scoring volume will he get (and how will he handle it if it goes down) when mainly coming from the bench in Dallas, as he can only start when KP is not playing.
I love Markkanen at TPE level with Maxi staying with Dallas. See what he can provide to the team and how he fits, if it does not work he's still a great asset.
I hate losing Maxi for a $15m/y Markkannen, that is starter money and makes him a neutral to negative asset.
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