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

[mvossman]

Josh Green shot 40% on 2.8 attempts a game and Dort shot 33% at twice as many attempts (5.5).

While I would actually tend to think the trade proposal that started this conversation would be a good one for the Mavs because Dort can easily replace Green and you're getting Capela as well without giving up firsts, I would definitely prefer the Mavs really unleash Josh Green until the trade deadline to see what he looks like at higher volumes.  Someone needs to let him know his role is pretty set and he's not going to get yanked around for bad shooting nights or a mistake here and there.  Just always felt like he was still playing for minutes as opposed to just playing basketball last year despite seeing a lot of improvement in certain areas.

I believe that trade involved sending out an unprotected 27.  The idea being that Capela/Dort is significantly better than Holmes/Green.  It also puts us in a better long term cap position by getting off Timmy contract and having a long term contract in place for Dort.  I can see the appeal of this trade, but I think I prefer the wait and see approach.  I get the hope that Dort's efficiency will improve playing with Luka/Kyrie but he really doesn't shoot much better when wide open.