(07-28-2022, 11:37 AM)WildArkieBoy Wrote: Another view: Dallas replaced a 6'1" offense facilitator in JB with a 6'9" offense facilitator in CW, added a "serviceable" center in JMc, anticipates more production from a healed THJ, progression from JG and FN and anything it can get from JH.
Perhaps the improvement is not "leaps and bounds," but, from this vantage, it's not "sideways' either.
ps: The above does not minimize or negate the need for a 3rd ball handler. Does Derrick Rose's personal history disqualify him for that role?
All of those things you listed could have been made while retaining Jalen and certainly losing Jalen is a step backwards. That's why I landed on sideways.