At the end of the day the Mavs need to nail the next big evaluation of who
just needs a chance of scenery,
just needs to get healthy,
who just doesn´t have it mentally,
who is done physically.
They swung and missed on Porzingis badly. 24 months later it looks like Markkanen will be/is a better player than Porzingis. You could have gotten him for next to nothing on a cheaper deal than THJ.
Every big player that is being traded has some issues, it´s just on the Mavs to figure out who/which are fixable.
KAT has some question marks about his personality and mental approach. On the other hand you are talking about a guy that was hit harder by COVID than any other player in the league. He´s currently averaging 22/9/6 while shooting 50/36/94. If I told you those were Jokic´s numbers you´d believe it. About to turn 27 so entering his prime. Outside of the COVID years, he barely missed any games.
I doubt Minnesota will give up on the Gobert experiment as quickly as we hope though. I think AD is actually the most realistic trade target. I think the Lakers know it´s over and so does LeBron. He´ll never catch MJ in number of NBA titles, but that all-time scoring number is realistic, so stat-padding away on a bad team.
just needs a chance of scenery,
just needs to get healthy,
who just doesn´t have it mentally,
who is done physically.
They swung and missed on Porzingis badly. 24 months later it looks like Markkanen will be/is a better player than Porzingis. You could have gotten him for next to nothing on a cheaper deal than THJ.
Every big player that is being traded has some issues, it´s just on the Mavs to figure out who/which are fixable.
KAT has some question marks about his personality and mental approach. On the other hand you are talking about a guy that was hit harder by COVID than any other player in the league. He´s currently averaging 22/9/6 while shooting 50/36/94. If I told you those were Jokic´s numbers you´d believe it. About to turn 27 so entering his prime. Outside of the COVID years, he barely missed any games.
I doubt Minnesota will give up on the Gobert experiment as quickly as we hope though. I think AD is actually the most realistic trade target. I think the Lakers know it´s over and so does LeBron. He´ll never catch MJ in number of NBA titles, but that all-time scoring number is realistic, so stat-padding away on a bad team.