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

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I hope this doesn't end up Goran is a target because we have lost Brunson.   I don't see a fit for Goran with Luka, JB & Dinwiddie (plus THJ) all here.

I wonder if Dinwiddie could be the odd man out?  He played really well here last year and fit in fine.   But maybe he was meant to have a short stay here?   We don't know all the factors at the trade deadline but it appeared the Mavs rated both Goran and Dinwiddie on the same tier.    Maybe there is a way to get value for Dinwiddie and replace him with a lower cost older player.   

Probably not the plan, but just curious.  I can't think of many teams looking for a mid teen salaried non elite point guard.

Wow, I think this is way off. Sorry.

First of all, one of those [Luka, JB & Dinwiddie (plus THJ)] is not at all like the others!

The Mavs want 2 guys (at least) on the floor at all times who can create offense, which means they need at least 3 playing every game. Until SD arrived, that was a problem, because they only had Luka and JB plus an emergency guy who was adequate for a game here and there in case of a player being out, but not good enough to play every game. They really need 4, counting a part-timer who is there in an emergency.

In that vein, even with Brunson, there is already an opening for 1 more of those, with Burke gone. (And THJ is not that guy at all.) So to me, the idea that SD is an "odd man out" is absurd. He is badly needed (unless you have 4 others, and right now there's only Luka for certain.)