07-13-2023, 03:42 PM
(07-13-2023, 03:34 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: I agree with you. I dont see this is as a successful summer if we go into the season with
maybe Holmes was just terrible because of his family situation
maybe Lively can be ready two years sooner than anyone thinks
maybe Maxi will be actually be healthy
Too many maybes for a team that wants to at least be a playoff team right now.
We also haven't seen much discussion about the McMahon nugget about Thybulle would have started over Josh Green if Portland had let him go. I'm still not sure the Mavs are as high on Josh Green as everyone assumes. Grant Williams might be your third best starter or at least in the running and he was an 8th man/out of the rotation for an actual good team.
The maneuvering the Mavs have done this summer has been pretty nice but the product on the floor still looks quite underwhelming.
I don't know that I'd read too much into Thybulle starting. He'd be on the floor when Luka/Kyrie were out there together, so having a lock down on-ball defender makes a lot of sense. Green is a good defender, but he's not on Thybulle's level. Still plenty of minutes for Green and Hardy coming off the bench in that scenario. It's also possible that the Mavs saw Green as a valuable trade piece if Portland hadn't matched. Either way, I'm not sure it reflects all that much on how the Mavs view Green as a player.