04-24-2023, 03:56 PM
(04-24-2023, 10:10 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Nope you can´t do it. I´m always looking for buy low candidates, but you cannot give up any assets for players like Collins, Simmons or Ball. People think it´s mental with Simmons; that he hates basketball and all that. Looking at the recent pictures of him, all skinny and hunched over: the guy has a messed up back. There is no (mental) change of scenery that will make his back better.
And with Collins you´d think this small finger injury must be fixable. From what I have read, you need to splinter it immediately for a month, to straighten the finger and allow the tendons to heal in a natural position. If it´s not successful, you got to get surgery immediately. That might not fix it 100%, but makes it significantly better. But the longer you wait, the more likely it becomes irrreversible. Given that Collins has dragged this on for two years, you might never get the old Collins back.
He looked good against the Mavs. But I am judging on a curve any Power forward or Center who played against the Mavs. There were several guys who looked like all stars against the Mavs the few times I saw them play this year. Most of the non playoff games I watched this year were Mavs games. After seeing PJ Washington play the Mavs, I may have given up 4 first round picks for him. There were several guys who looked like world beaters against us. After playing the Mavs, I was pretty sure Cody Zeller was the second coming of Kareem.