(07-01-2026, 09:32 PM)mvossman Wrote: If nothing else, there is the timeline of now (spend assets on vets to win now) and later (don't burn assets on win now vets). Mavs are firmly in that second timeline, which is why I would have been pissed if they had spent those assets for Kawhi.
They certainly spent assets. A FRP and 2 SRP’s on an oft-injured Big is not nothing. Sure, he’s 25... So it’s reasonable on that front. But he’s not a starter. Or at least he hasn’t been. 82 starts in 278 career games.
Most on here have already labeled him a great shooter, but he’s worse than PJ.
PJW 35.4% on 4.8 attempts per game.
Aldama 34.6% on 4.1 attempts per game.
I will root for him, but acting like assets weren’t spent and that he’s the shooting 4 we need next to Flagg is something…
I think timeline talk is silly. Shouldn’t we be getting future assets in a rebuild if that were the case?
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