04-03-2023, 01:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2023, 01:16 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(04-03-2023, 01:06 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Nobody is blaming Maxi for anything. The contract value is the only thing being attacked and there’s no doubt in my mind that it won’t age well. I really hope he has value to a team and we capitalize on it this offseason. He will not play in half the regular season games and wouldn’t have been ready for the playoffs if we were to make them.
I actually had high hopes for the playoffs. Last season he missed a lot of games in the last month of the season. Giving him the necessary time to recover. Leading to great playoff performances. Outplaying Ayton and Gobert.
I get that he isn´t the kind of player that you want to play for a 30 minutes per game role in the regular season. And sadly that´s what the Mavs are missing right now. When they extended his contract I imagined a Iguodala like role for him. 15 minutes of the bench in the regular season. 25 minutes in the playoffs.
Speaks volume about the Mavs front court that he closed almost all games and was on pace to play more minutes than Wood prior to his injury. More minutes than Powell+McGee combined.
(04-03-2023, 01:12 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I’m sitting here just happy he hasn’t reaggrivated the hamstring myself.
That´s the worst possible outcome for a couple of players. With Luka, Kyrie and THJ playing 40+ minutes when the team should have been tanking since at least february.