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I was trying to be a little playful with the gif as PJ definitely isn't just a 3 but I'll bite cause I'm just so confused why you keep making the argument that Thybulle and Frank are in the same league. 

That’s not the argument, though. The ceiling of Thubulle’s defense is irrelevant if he can’t be on the floor in big situations because of offensive incompetency. If you watch the playoffs, it’s clear that teams have learned that you simply can’t win going 3 or 4 on 5 anymore. This is why Philly, a contender with need of better defense, was so hellbent on removing Thybulle from their roster for a couple of years. 

If you time warped the 2011 Mavs into today, they couldn’t get away with playing TY and Marion at the same time. One or the other, sure, but if Chandler is the screener, there’s nothing in the realm of modern spacing that Marion can do other than get in the way. 

This is also why it would be RIDICULOUS to spend even MORE resources on yet ANOTHER center, the position least likely to yield a player who can hang in 100% of the situations the team will face along their way. With only a few exceptions, center has become a “platoon a variety of different types” position, and to anyone thinking, that should SCREAM “cheap.” The SINGLE WORST team building choice a team can make in 2023 is to tie max or near max money up into a player who will sit and watch important games get decided the way you and I will.