2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

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We will agree to disagree emphatically, then. All of the players I listed aside from JB are far better defenders than THJ. The Mavs already have to figure out how to integrate Luka and Brunson together into Kidd's vision of defense first. THJ as well is a bridge way too far. He simply has no future here whatsoever presuming JB is re-signed and Kidd is still the coach next year. SB is also a better defender than THJ.

You're saying that like you know for sure it's true. Do you have a source that the Mavs have decided to bail on THJ? 

The way I see it, if THJ is still here after the deadline, they're not going to bench him. They just aren't. And, while THJ must do his part, the onus is on Kidd not to run a clunky offense where the team as a whole can't make their shots. Timmy has probably been the biggest victim of the mushy offense, but certainly not the only one. We know that he can be way better, and so can the other regulars, because we've seen them do it in a system that took better advantage of their talents. Agree that neither JB nor THJ is a great defender, but OTOH, Brown and Frankie and so forth can't do what JB and THJ can, either. They need a system that brings out the best of the players' respective abilities. 

Personally, I don't think it is a given that JB is going to re-sign, but maybe he will. I think Kidd is very likely to still be here next season. Not that I have inside sources for those points of view, any more than you do on THJ, lol.