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Not surprised at all. THJ’s performance last year as a whole was not better than Green’s as a whole IMO. Green also has the benefit of possible upside where THJ is who he is. However, the statement I made was not a comparison of the 4 players.

THJ has always been an odd fit, even in the RC years where even you said he was not that good off the bench. It’s because of him only being a good contributor if a list of things go his way and are set up for him. It’s as if we have to build the team around him, and he’s not good enough to build around. It’s not as bad as KP, because KP more or less demanded we build around him, but it’s like unto it.

Your opinion has always been that he was an odd fit, but that doesn't make it the case. 

I agree, he was rough off the bench for a long time here, but I thought, personally, he did better with that (better than I expected, anyway) last season. 

I think the potential problem is with Green not living up to what he needs to do to keep THJ in a role that makes sense for the team. I don't think the problem is with having THJ on the roster. If Green holds his end up, the 2/3 rotation is going to be in good, good shape, from what I can tell. 

No issue at all with the idea that THJ can/should be exchanged for a player the Mavs need, even if it's someone at his position who fits better. But, around here that thinking becomes "the Mavs obviously need to move on from THJ if they want to win..." (paraphrase of 1,000 sentiments) which is very obviously lazy, icorrect thinking. He's a GOOD player.