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

[mvossman]

Agreed. If I come across one single person suggesting otherwise I'll be sure to set them straight. 

Me? I've repeatedly given credit to the idea that McGee will help by "eating innings" and being "another option" to throw out there when you need it. 

However, now that we're talking about this specific angle, I would caution people not to assume McGee is going to be a "competent, playable center" by playoff time. He has already lost enough of a step to convince Monty Williams he wasn't playable when their season was on the line. It's a little encouraging that the team who played him to the bench thought enough of him to sign him, I guess, but then again, this new front office hasn't done enough yet for me to trust they're not just throwing darts at players' photos on a pinboard. 

I don't know - to me it just seems like they used the whole MLE (during a summer in which the MLE really mattered) on a guy who can't really help in the playoffs. 

Time will tell on all of this, obviously.

I think he may contribute some to the playoffs.  It will be matchup dependent.  We are talking about the tax MLE and I think we carved some of it out for Hardy?  It is hard to find players for less than full tax MLE that will contribute in playoffs.  I know this is a really low bar, but I feel like we will get more out of this tax MLE (McGee/Hardy) than we did out of the full MLE two years ago (Burke/WCS/Terry).