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[SleepingHero]

Can we document everyone's opinion on Wood and revisit the subject mid-season?

My opinion: Wood is a starting flex, stretch F-C who can reliably get you 18pts/9rbs/1.5blks in 30mins a game at 38%3pt.  He has some rim protection skills, but is a subpar defender.  Given his athletic ability, however, you can scheme him into a good team defense.  In today's market he's a $15-$18m player, but does not have that value currently given his time in DAL last year.

In today's market he's actually a 2 million vet min player, you know...as dictated by the market.

Plenty of teams had MLE or more this summer to give to Wood. None of them prioritized the 18pts/9rbs/1.5blks big. In fact Wood has never been worth more than 14.3 mil ever in his career. Why would he get a raise? 

Wood is a fantastic individual player. All the talent in the world. Doesn't really mean much if you can't play within a team structure. The fact our own defensive coach had to call out defensive coverages for Wood so he wasn't completely lost throughout the season should tell you all you need to know about the dude. He is getting paid more than 1 million per month and he couldn't commit himself to learning basic defensive coverages?

Give me a break.