09-01-2023, 07:34 PM
(09-01-2023, 07:02 PM)omahen Wrote: That might be true, but you don't really play 14 guys. Mavs still have the exact same problem they had for years now. A bunch of 5th-8th best player types that they are trying to put in bigger roles. Still waiting to finally get that 3rd, 4th best guy types. So, if Green is closer to that 14th best guy on the team than to real 3rd best type, wouldn't it make more sense to trade him for that guy? Since it seems there are many other guys that could play that role player position?
Boy, I hate slotting players that way. Can you even look at an NBA roster and say with certainty who is the 5th-best player? It’s just so dependent on matchups and roles, the way the rest of the roster fits together, etc.
If your only criteria is scoring, then sure, you can say who’s the 3rd- or 5th-best player. But don’t you care more about how well players fill their roles?
It’s a little like saying that, if you replace a 5ppg scorer with a 15ppg scorer, the team should score 10 more points per game!