ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[SleepingHero]

I don´t think there is any scenario where McGee is going to win the matchup against an average NBA stretch big. He won´t be able to dictate the matchup and play them off the floor. It´s the other way around.
I think the Suns realized the same. Decision to keep Biyombo on a vet min deal instead of paying McGee was a no brainer.

I think you're misunderstanding how much I think McGee will be of importance to the overall rotation. He is simply replacing Dwight Powell for 10 minutes. McGee has shown he can be much more impactful than Powell can in those 10 minutes. He also costs half as much as Powell. 

I trust McGee to play 10 minutes per game in a playoff game. He's shown he can do it despite his lowlights being the starter for the Lakers en route to their championship. That same Lakers team had Kidd and Dudley on it. Suns are about to lose their starting center, and just lost their backup center, I really don't think they're happy their 3rd stringer just moved up a couple of slots. 

As to Suns fans lamenting the choice to bench him, I can pull up the RealGM/Reddit threads and pick out the comments that I saw during the playoffs, but we both know that doesn't really matter and that the Suns were desperate to close out the Mavs. Whether or not Monty made the correct choice, you brought up some good points for the affirmative, and truthfully the Mavs beat the Suns by their defensive strategy, not center play. But the Mavs still 4-1'd them from game 3 on. How much did the benching of McGee have on that outcome? Probably nothing. 

What I do think matters is that when the McGee signing was announced, the general opinion by Suns fans I saw on various online forums was that they lost a good player and they're sad to see him go (and he also apparently turned down more money from MIL to go to DAL??). I also think the main benefit of McGee is like you said,to reduce the load of Maxi and Wood while also providing productive minutes while he's out there. 

Also what other centers were out there that are younger/better at defending the post that also would've signed for TP-MLE money? By my count there is maybe 1 viable option that fits that criteria.