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

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Nobody needs to agree with the logic, but "smoking crack" is dismissive of the fact that there are real reasons to trade Maxi this offseason:

1) Asset management. Sell high for once. 
2) He is shooting an unsustainable 49.2% from three in the playoffs.
3) He is turning 31 toward the beginning of next season.
4) You cannot rely on him to give you much more than 20-25 mins.
5) He has long term durability issues with his back. 
6) He has been fantastic in the playoffs (GREAT!) and yet the Mavs have been outscored when he has been on the court over the 13 games combined.

Maxi isn't getting traded.

Like every NBA player, repainting his positives into negatives, or questioning his future, or dreaming about better, is mostly just conversational nonsense. Plus, anyone you can name as a replacement will be extremely expensive to get and will  have lots of flaws and question marks too - Maxi isn't perfect, but neither will be the next guy if put under the same sort of critical microscope.

Maxi is a building block in what they are putting together, not a discardable asset, because he fits all their wish lists - he contributes on both ends, he makes 3s, he's a mobile big, he has a modest price tag, and he is a home-grown talent.