08-15-2020, 03:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-15-2020, 04:04 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(08-15-2020, 03:49 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Well point stands. They probably asked about Giles before Jackson.
Anyway just here to point out that Gary Trent Jr. will be an UFA in 2021. 21 years old and could be the perfect fit next to Luka. He was literally born as a Maverick. Great defense, great 3pt shooter and stuck behind Lillard/McCollum. Blazers also have the Collins RFA extension lurking the same summer. If he can back up his bubble play next season, I might make him a top priority.
I like.
Mavs2019 and IGT, I just wanted to point out with regard to Justin Jackson that he looked like an asset and a player with promising potential all last year - both with the Kings and the Mavs. This year, he has been far worse than he ever was his first two seasons. In one of my few agreements with Bartlettbear, it takes a major coaching effort to nuke a player as badly as the Mavs have Jackson. It's not all at his feet - he's never been known as a guy with a poor work ethic. At some point, his confidence got flushed down the toilet, and the coaching staff didn't have the young-player-whispering talents to bring it back. This particular failure to increase the on-court and trade value of a young asset but rather completely destroy it is to the Mavs' coaching staff what Vlade passing on Luka was to the Kings' front office - a far tinier scale mistake, but just as stupid and egregious if you pull out your microscope to look at it.