(01-18-2024, 06:51 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Oh absolutely. Shoutout to Dan for highlighting Johnson last summer before anyone knew how good he was. But I tried to include guys who could feasibly be traded. I don't think Atlanta has any interest in trading Johnson, much like we don't have any interest in trading Lively.
Jalen Johnson was my oft-mentioned target this past summer, not Dan's. I was the first, and the most persistent -- early on, I included him coming to DAL in trades, and if someone else's idea with ATL didn't include him, I suggested a way to do the trade with him. I thought he had showed high potential in limited minutes, but I didn't see evidence he was particularly prized by ATL. At the time it appeared he was buried on their depth chart behind Collins, and in a mix of lots of backup wings/forwards buried behind Collins and Hunter that they didn't have the minutes for.
Once Collins was sent to UT, that changed their whole mix in ATL. And since his added minutes gave him a chance to bloom, obviously he's not available now. I was hoping to see that blooming happen in DAL. Rats.
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