07-07-2023, 01:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2023, 01:34 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-07-2023, 01:21 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Maxi sparingly at center if other team goes small.
Out of your entire take, this is the part about which I most hope you’re wrong.
If that’s the plan, they need to trade him now, while he has some value to a team who will use him correctly. Not only will he be less effective at the 4, especially as exclusively as you suggest they’d like, but he’ll be taking minutes away from Omax, who everyone agrees is ready to play 20 minutes right out of the gate. Not a great move for a team who wants to get younger and more athletic (also goals they’ve trumpeted publicly), and puzzling for a team who likes Omax enough to find a way back into the draft to get him.
I really think you’re sleeping on Omax, who I’m more excited about than a re-signed Kyrie, but it’s whatever. I also think the Mavs are smart enough to see how valuable Kleber is at center. I will be shocked if he doesn’t play 15 minutes there, at least. I think he’s almost sure to close games there.
But, let’s say you’re right: in my mind, that would mean we can start including Kleber in all these trade ideas, and that might actually move the needle a little.