02-08-2024, 01:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2024, 01:40 AM by SleepingHero.)
Re: Kuzma
I'm not in favor of trading for him. I really don't think he's a winning player. I just finished watching the Wizards vs. Cavs game tonight (morning? my schedule is all out of whack). My impressions are:
I see why the Mavs have interest. Heck even when I scouted Deni earlier this year I saw why the Mavs liked Kuzma. He can create his own shot pretty reliably. His spot up 3 looks solid. He actually has great hands and can move his feet on defense. He actually can move the ball a bit and I can see him excelling in the short roll when Luka/Kyrie are doubled. But he has this tendency to just get checked out of games for long periods, if not the entire game. Like he really couldn't care less being there. Call it immaturity or what have you. He makes some of the most inane choices a player can make when he tries to get fancy while dribbling. His shot selection at times would make THJ blush.
Just so many warts that makes me shy away from him at the cost of just a single 1st, let alone more than 1 like the Wizards are asking for. I think Jerami Grant and even Wiggins* (*Rehabbed Wiggins) are MUCH MUCH better fits as they do all of the above but better. Kuzma is just a tier below those guys so paying a premium for him just feels wrong. And that's before we get into attitude/immaturity stuff with him.
By the way, the real MVP of the Wizards if I can't choose Deni has to be Gafford. The dude is a REAL difference maker. So much so that I might stomach a Kuzma trade if we could get him to be the backup big for Lively. Just pure activity. His contract his kind of vomit inducing. Maybe the Mavs having to eat that is worth the cost of a 1st by itself and can get the trade over the hump. Holmes' contract is at a similar price point, and he was absorbed for a 1st. Gafford's contract runs longer and he is also serviceable, but the history is there for that kind of salary dump to value it at that. One could argue swapping Holmes and Gafford's contracts cancels out, but in the long run we're saving the Wizards 25mil over 2 years. Same amount we ate for the Kings.
I'm also okay for getting Kuzma if it meant we could get Deni. I'm a big believer. I'm only clarifying this because unfortunately I do think the Kuzma thing has legs.
I'm not in favor of trading for him. I really don't think he's a winning player. I just finished watching the Wizards vs. Cavs game tonight (morning? my schedule is all out of whack). My impressions are:
I see why the Mavs have interest. Heck even when I scouted Deni earlier this year I saw why the Mavs liked Kuzma. He can create his own shot pretty reliably. His spot up 3 looks solid. He actually has great hands and can move his feet on defense. He actually can move the ball a bit and I can see him excelling in the short roll when Luka/Kyrie are doubled. But he has this tendency to just get checked out of games for long periods, if not the entire game. Like he really couldn't care less being there. Call it immaturity or what have you. He makes some of the most inane choices a player can make when he tries to get fancy while dribbling. His shot selection at times would make THJ blush.
Just so many warts that makes me shy away from him at the cost of just a single 1st, let alone more than 1 like the Wizards are asking for. I think Jerami Grant and even Wiggins* (*Rehabbed Wiggins) are MUCH MUCH better fits as they do all of the above but better. Kuzma is just a tier below those guys so paying a premium for him just feels wrong. And that's before we get into attitude/immaturity stuff with him.
By the way, the real MVP of the Wizards if I can't choose Deni has to be Gafford. The dude is a REAL difference maker. So much so that I might stomach a Kuzma trade if we could get him to be the backup big for Lively. Just pure activity. His contract his kind of vomit inducing. Maybe the Mavs having to eat that is worth the cost of a 1st by itself and can get the trade over the hump. Holmes' contract is at a similar price point, and he was absorbed for a 1st. Gafford's contract runs longer and he is also serviceable, but the history is there for that kind of salary dump to value it at that. One could argue swapping Holmes and Gafford's contracts cancels out, but in the long run we're saving the Wizards 25mil over 2 years. Same amount we ate for the Kings.
I'm also okay for getting Kuzma if it meant we could get Deni. I'm a big believer. I'm only clarifying this because unfortunately I do think the Kuzma thing has legs.
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