01-30-2024, 01:01 PM
(01-30-2024, 12:53 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't know...I'm pretty confident they KNEW he was going to play 55 games per when they made the trade. If not, they should have. Again, he hasn't put in a full season of work for 6-7 years.
In my opinion, "fit" trumps "talent". I'd much rather have 55 games of Kyrie than 75 of Murray, even if we somehow decided that they had equal talent.
Kyrie is a great fit, both on the court and off. He's been hurt, so less available, perhaps, but any player can get hurt. Lots of Mavs have missed lots of games this season. And I'd argue that a lot of his recent unavailability (Brooklyn) didn't have anything to do with being hurt, so can't really be used to project forward.
KP was hurt a lot, also, but when healthy, he just wasn't a great fit.