09-07-2023, 05:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-07-2023, 05:38 PM by KillerLeft.)
(09-07-2023, 04:53 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: It´s not a smart business decision. NBA market only offers 30 possible employers. Burning bridges isn´t helping him. Add the networks of involved GMs, coaches owners and the situation gets even worse.
I wasn´t a fan but even I can admit that he is more talented than most minimum players. Hard to believe that his talent isn´t at least somewhat intriguing for most teams but if we can trust the rumors no one except for Miami and LA was interested. Why?
This.
There's a double standard at play, to IGT's point. That's plain. We DO talk trash about Kidd here. Cuban DID open his mouth recently with thinly veiled criticism of Wood.
BUT, Wood is the outsider. We have no stake in anything as fans, and while Cuban can say and do some dumb stuff, he OWNS A TEAM. So, these aren't really useful comparisons, to my mind. Wood just doesn't seem to understand how to A) get his game to complement a winning team or B) let that speak for him, let alone C) play any type of "nice" to get a toehold in the league. What's more, he doesn't show any signs of understanding WHY teams aren't lining up to sign him, and the suggestion that this is due to a Mavs smear job, either by him or his fans on twitter, is bananas. Truly ridiculous.
That calculated hit job he and his agent tried against the Mavs midseason through the Mavs Outsider Podcast (indicative that they couldn't get that through more legitimate channels, isn't it?) probably did as much to tank his value this summer as anything the Mavs might/might not be saying about him on the gossip network.
I think he could be a good player, but I'm not really confident he ever will be. My guess is that he'll put in another year of stat padding, and that he'll have his moments. He'll have Lakers fans arguing like we all have been for a year. In the end, he'll be on yet ANOTHER team a year from today. Or, out of the league. There's just too much evidence that the NBA is tired of him. I'm guessing a fairly substantial part of it is locker room/behind the scenes stuff.