04-16-2024, 02:49 PM
(04-16-2024, 02:42 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: I think THJ MIGHT be open to moving to a "get my shot" situation. He is an expiring contract and the best way to get paid on his next contract is to put up the numbers that say he is a solid #2 scoring threat. I would have rather that happen here over the last 2 seasons, but neither efficiency nor consistency is on his calling card. He needs to be in a situation where production trumps efficiency and the team does not suffer from his confidence. That is unfortunately not a team with Luka, Kyrie and our bigs. Shots do not gravitate to him as they have and his shooting (already on the border of average quality) dropped. I do appreciate THJ, but I also appreciate the fact that his salary cannot simply evaporate in the summer of '25.
THJ has to go and produce a return. How big a return that can be is the question. Bubble Timmy might be a revelation on all fronts.
THJ is not a bad player, but Dallas is not the right situation for him. Mavs need good defenders before anything else around Luka and Kyrie and THJ is not that. Mavs could also use another creator, especially when Luka or Kyrie don't play, but THJ is not that either. He is just a decent shooter able to shoot quickly and needs just little space to shoot it. A team with good defenders and lack of shooting could use him. Perhaps Detroit, for example.