2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[dirkfansince1998]

It´s getting old to respond to people that have strong opinions but nothing to back them up. Last season... after the RoCo trade a bottom 5 Minnesota defense suddenly was a top 5 defense. But I guess that´s only because they added Dario Saric as well.
He wasn´t great early in the season but is back to his former self now.

Might want to educate yourself...

I expect all the Covington groupies to ignore this but it is actually y'all who need the education. Let me introduce you to something called context.

Your Pulitzer Prize winning article was written 10 games into Covington's Timberwolf career. Talk about premature ejaculation. 

What you failed to consider was the other 12 games Covington played afterwards before his season ended: Minnesota dropped from a top 5 defense all the way to 26th!!!! 

I thought he was DPOY worthy? Why'd they fall so far down? It's not rocket science, Covington is not a DPOY worthy player; he is not even elite.

Don't let the DRPM and media love fool y'all. I know it's too late for that but I thought I would at least try.

Just make a legit case to back up your opinion. Do some research. Watch some tape and find something. So far you have nothing. It´s all opinon and if someone questions it you follow it up by even more opinion and troll attempts.

Nice of you to ignore the DFS at the same age comparisation because it doesn´t fit your agenda.

I am not letting anyting fool me. I see him play. I see his boxscore numbers. I see his impact metrics. All indicate that he was at least among the 10 best defenders in the last 5 seasons.
I picked the mentioned article because it isn´t just mentioning RoCo as a great defender but goes in to detail why he is among the best in the league. But I guess reading more than 3 sentences was to much to ask. Short summary. Help defense, rotations, his ability to read and pick passing lanes.

You haven´t made a single valid point that counters his team leading +/- numbers. Or adressed his incredible boxscore production. In the entire history of the league 16 players averaged 2stls/1blk. RoCo is one of them. He is among the league leaders in stls and deflections every single year.

But let me continue. Him ranking in the top 5 in DRPM in the last few years obviously isn´t enough to convince you. But thankfully we have more impact metrics.
Adjusted for minutes played he ranks 10th in multi year D-PIMP. Again as the 1st non big on the list. Still not enough. He ranks 5th in multi year DRAPM (2014-2019). And do I even have to say it obviously is the best non big.

And yes he wasn´t as good as he used to be earlier in the season. Not a big suprise for a player that came back from a season ending knee injury. He was slow and lacked mobility. That´s not the case anymore. He is back to his former self and does his best to anchor a mediocre Minnesota defense. That´s obviously not easy because he shares the floor with two of the worst defenders in the league (Towns and Wiggins).

Two options. His teams being a lot better with him on the floor is a 5-year long fluke. All impact metrics are completly wrong. His boxscore numbers are fake.
OR...forums/chats/boards always have one random troll that thinks he is the smartest guy in the room.