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He’s a low IQ player which is why he wouldn’t work here and wouldn’t get minutes under Jason Kidd.  

Agree he wouldn’t work here unless willing to move down the bench…I said not the Mav’s.

I don’t believe he is a low IQ player.  I feel he gets that label by some mostly from what you later said.  He looks lost on defense.  Add in lapses in attention to details.

He’s a poor passer and screener.

Meh…I believe he is a lazy screener.

Poor passer - I don’t really have an opinion.  I haven’t noticed an issue with poor passing decisions and his TOV doesn’t suggest there’s a big problem.  He doesn’t have great assist #’s but I don’t know how his poor teams and utilization impacts that.

He is often lost on defense.

Agree…the point of my post

As others have stated, he doesn’t protect the rim

Agree, especially as a center…alligator arms and frame doesn’t help.  However, there are a lot of really good PF’s who aren’t great rim protectors.  Actually, with a little foresight, we could have had a PF from Finland who would have looked really nice in a Mav’s uniform.

Not quick enough to cover most 4s.

Disagree…quickness is not his problem

He is also not strong enough to defend a lot of 5s (kind of like Powell).  

Agree, because he is not a 5 (maybe a small ball 5 at best)

He also doesn’t really box

Boxing out is about attention and effort.

He is a 24 year old kid (23 last season) who made his money because of offense and will lose his money because of defense.  He has developed lazy habits and IMO, neglected parts of his game.  If the light bulb comes on and he is willing to sacrifice a little immediate gratification to work on his deficiencies, I would definitely take a flier in a low cost deal.