Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[KillerLeft]

Honest question, if you knew they had no way of getting Grant Williams or PJ Washington with the MLE but had this opportunity to sign Thybulle but only to the full MLE, would you rather them not spend it?  Genuinely curious because I share the same concerns as you (and also thought highly of Frank and always felt he shot well enough that he should have gotten more burn but that's neither here nor there) but I also think that if a player on a full MLE contract is what we are considering our bad deals then I would say that we've come along way from some of the mistakes we used to make when it came to that sort of thing.

Right now I'm thinking, it's not my money and it doesn't hinder us THIS offseason from making other moves than why not, feels like a somewhat safe gamble but I know there are long term ramifications that I'm probably not thinking of.

Yes, I’d not spend it in that scenario. Or, I’d break it up and sign 2-3 cheaper guys. 

I’ll go one step further: While THJ is not popular and everyone knows how much I hate Bullock’s defense (the most overrated aspect of Mavs basketball for the past couple of seasons), if I had to bet my life, I’d suggest that we’re about to learn that both of those guys are more winning players than Thybulle when both sides of the court are balanced. Shooting is the most valuable skill there is next to a guy like Luka, for whom it behooves you to create space, and those two guys are PLAYABLE in game 5 of a playoff series, when the other team knows every wrinkle to your offensive system. They will hold defenders above the break…in the corner. Thybulle will not.