07-08-2023, 12:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2023, 12:53 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(07-08-2023, 12:42 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: No sh*t PHJ Washington doesn´t sign for the MLE. No sh*t the Hornets would happily match it. Must be nice to get paid for posting such hot news.
He wants a lot more money than the MLE. If the Mavs want to improve the young talent quotient and have any belief whatsoever in PJ, offer him $16 mil a year and do a sign and trade of THJ and seconds. Charlotte is one of those two teams that was supposedly interested in THJ.
If the Mavs don't do this, it tells me that they are either 1) delusionally hoping to catch a bigger fish with THJ's contract, or 2) really cool on PJ. I understand that they think they filled a hole with Grant and perhaps think they don't need PJ anymore, but PJ is almost as good as Wood on offense, a harder worker from all accounts (i.e. an average NBA worker, lol - pretty much the whole league is more committed to improvement than Wood), and, while sketchy on defense, way better than Wood.
If they send out THJ and (presumably) don't bring back Wood, the offense is going to struggle more than we're presuming now. PJ would help, imho.
I'm thinking that the Mavs somehow cajole the Hawks into Capela. I don't love that move, but it does open things up for Lively (presuming he isn't a bust) next year.