02-09-2024, 02:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2024, 02:33 PM by surfpuckmd.)
(02-09-2024, 02:03 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't know if this will help, but out of all the fan and expert opinions I've read and heard, yours might be the only one claiming Washington won't be a good player. It seems unanimously believed that he'll be a significant upgrade over Williams. I respect your opinion, especially since it seems born of actual watching, but I felt the same negative way when Dinwiddie was brought in and he worked great for the year he was here.
I think he's been less bad than Grant Williams this season so I suppose that is an upgrade. I don't think he was worth the price we paid. That's my argument.
Theoretically, his superior handles and ability to drive to the basket will help us. Unfortunately, his 3-point shooting is much worse than Grant's so that could be a problem.
There's generally too much emphasis on change from the posters on this board. There's always the expectation that just releasing or trading away a player will somehow make us better- that's been true for a long time here. We've seen it with Christian Wood, JaVale and Grant Williams among the players we've dumped recently. Unfortunately, Mark Cuban seems to share that attitude. The constant calls to trade THJ and Dwight Powell are part of that spirit on this board.
The reality is that posters here are mostly just excited to acquire someone other than Grant Williams who was disappointing here. I don't think most of them watch much PJ Washington so they're just happy to get a bigger body who has a few traits and skills than Grant does not.
I hope PJ Washington turns it around here and the move works out. I have been a Maverick fan since the 90s and I'd like to be wrong about PJ and have the Mavericks become a contender. I don't need to be right on a message board to be happy.
I do look forward to seeing the rest of the season play out. If PJ disappoints, I can imagine many voices here begging to trade him. That seems to happen a lot here.
I won't be able to post for the next 5 days or so and maybe my thoughts on PJ will evolve in the meantime.