NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[dirkfansince1998]

I am the last person who disagrees with that. However you have to make some compromises. .  Hard nosed defensive players can be found even on 10 day contracts. We have that proof in front of us. Sabonis type skill level players OTOH are much more difficult to find. Yes, ideally you want the right mix but Sabonis is a proven scorer in this league. Right now when Luka is out, we can’t say the same thing about even KP.  We have defensive players. We need more skilled legit offensive players.

I don´t think adding Sabonis would lead to any kind of improvement. It would be the same trade off we have seen in the past. Exchange offense for defense / defense for offense.

Maybe this just comes down to me being a lot lower on Sabonis than most. I really think that he is one of the worst defensive starters in the league. Watching him last night I wasn´t concerned about his scoring and playmaking because I knew that he would give up even more points on defense. And he delivered. Mavs had an open lane to the rim all game long. Layups, alley-oops. Whatever they wanted.

I am actually suprised. Is something wrong with my eyes. Sabonis made last seasons version of KP look like an all defense player in comparisation. He was beyond bad. Could have scored 50 and I wouldn´t care.