01-11-2023, 07:57 AM
(01-11-2023, 01:44 AM)sefant Wrote: Bullock -16
Frank +8
I am about to start a GoFundMe to collect 100k to send Bullock to Mars with no ticket back. Tho Kidd has no access to his toy boy anymore.
This is the second time Cato has made a remark about Bullock's partial guarantee next year. Is that where we are at. If so, this is really disappointing. Means that there is no interest in him what so ever and saving 5 million may be better than keeping him. I hope that is not the resolution here.
RB early-season struggles are so typical that I would almost ignore them completely if he were in the midst of his typical post-December bounce back. He has shot 35.6 percent behind the arc since Dec. 1; it’s not completely absent. But he’s shooting two fewer 3s per 36 minutes than last season, and his defensive impact has waned. Dallas has been about three points better defensively without Bullock on the court this season, which I don’t fault Bullock for — that’s a statistic that’s heavily influenced by the lineups in which players appear — but does indicate he’s not singularly making an impact to raise the units in which he plays.
This season has the Mavericks thinking about the partially guaranteed final year of his contract next season in a way the team didn’t expect to. There’s another half-season to turn it around, but Bullock turns 32 in March, and it might be that his superb work as a 3-and-D role player last season was the best we’ll see from him in Dallas.