FA: Klay Thompson Comes to Dallas| 3yrs/50mil

[mvossman]

I know this is a terrible comparison, and that Thompson is in a different tier completely, but they promised JaVale McGee he'd start, too. That lasted about four games, I think. 

I get what you're saying, but I don't think they're locked into anything that's not working, and I actually think there are ways to make him work as a starter. If there's one thing Dallas knows how to do, it's to have a "token" starter in their rotation. Seems like they do that a lot, including last season, even in the playoffs. 

And, I'm not AS convinced you are that the lineup you're concerned about won't work. I'm a little wary, but I got over it once I thought about it for a few days.

To be clear, I’m not convinced it won’t work, just leery of going away from something that we know works.  

There are a few things that give me some hope. The fact that DJJ played less than 20 minutes a game during the post TDL stretch when the defense became dominate.  Green was our other POA defender but he struggled in that area. I do think the Marshall/Grimes combo is better defensively than DJJ/Green combo. As good of a defender DJJ was, he had one of the worst net ratings of rotational players on the team during the regular season. In fact it seems to be a recent trend that Mavs get rid of the players with worst net ratings (Williams, Green, THJ and DJJ).

One last crazy stat. THJ played the second most total minutes on the team. He wasn’t as bad as folks make him out to be (especially in the first half of season) but we are likely going to improve on a lot of those minutes.