01-30-2022, 04:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2022, 04:15 PM by hakeemfaan.)
(01-30-2022, 03:28 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: The Mavs need another scoring option but the question isn´t as simple because your proposed offensive option is a defensive liablity. A random hard nosed defender won´t fix that. Would love to run football rotations but that´s not an option. And I don´t think that it would be as easy to move Sabonis if things aren´t working out in Dallas because that would mean that his defense was exposed once again. At some point that is going to hurt his value.
Nothing is easy. Smart is playing on a talented team too but that team has failed to get over the hump too. Again this is not to disparage Smart. If we can move KP for Sabonis and THJ for Smart, count me in.
I disagree with the characterization of random hard nosed defenders as you are probably describing the 10 day guys. These are guys who can play legit defense but their offensive liabilities have caused them to not find a spot in this league.
In this day and age regardless of the defense you build around, you need elite offense as well. Especially in the playoffs where all defenses step up. I would certainly take a chance on Sabonis before Smart. Not because I don’t understand the liabilities that Sabonis brings or the intangibles that Smart brings. I am weighing both and I would go with Sabonis. You want to go the other way. I can perfectly understand your line of thought. There are no easily correct answers here.