10-29-2022, 12:09 PM
(10-29-2022, 11:12 AM)Jym Wrote: I still think the clear answer at that point was to use the 2022 first rounder to dump salary.
We instead traded it for someone who most likely won't be re-signing with us next summer
He'll re-sign here for sure unless Cuban chooses to be a cheap idiot again, in which case Luka should (and likely will) demand an immediate trade. As I posted a few days ago, if Wood consistently plays like he did in the first three games, he's worth max money to the Mavs.
If the defense turns out to be that big of a deal - and it would have to be an absolutely gigantic, game-losing issue for that to be the case - then they *must* trade him at the deadline. They'll know enough by then. They should also be able to gauge enough about his character to determine if he's just a contract year ho.