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

[Jym]

This kind of seems like “arguing the point with me” for the record. 

Tongue in cheek there, mvoss, I know you get it (though I don’t know that a failed margin signing of a player who was mostly dnp’d and finally unceremoniously allowed to walk with no surprise or outcry from anyone is a great example to point to in this situation). 

The reality is that guys who can defend but have no utility on offense just don’t help you win. They don’t have to be great offensive players, but they have to have SOME utility. 

DJJ as a screener/roller has utility. Good utility, in fact. Ntilikina had none, really (just like Thybulle would’ve) but if the Mavs get caught up trying to have DJJ stand in the corner, we’ll probably miss Ntilikina. Sorry, I just don’t see that as a viable strategy at all. I wish I had the words to state it MORE emphatically, not temper it.

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I keep accidentally closing threads when posting from phone, sorry.

I feel like the Blazers saved us from ourselves. We don't need a non-scorer taking that many minutes away from Green ( and yes we need him to step up and become more of a scorer himself)