Mr B wrote:KhalilS wrote:Luka and Brunson weren't really developed in Dallas, they played 3 years at least of competetive basketball at high level, they were refined here, the rest are role players really, developing raw talent like Wiseman is a differrent story.
They absolutely have been developed in Dallas. Now they already an elite level of work ethic and desire to be great and Luka already had the “it factor” but both players have vastly improved since their rookie years. That credit goes to the Dallas coaching staff.
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Luka was developed in Spain, he still has insanely similar style of play and basically kept and improved some of his other aspects of the game. So you could say he is improving and growing his game in Dallas under Mosley and Silas before him, but he is still basically the same player he was before.
Brunson on the other hand wasn't this good as a rookie, he did develop a lot of his game with the Mavs.
KhalilS wrote:What do you guys think of KP/Powell/Burke for Hield/Bagley/Holmes S&T?
Holmes is a defensive anchor, and finisher, better version of DAJ, Bagely's numbers are fine, his metrics are beyond horrible, and Hield is a shooting specialist.
It makes THJ exependable which I hate, other option is replacing Barnes with Hield, but I don't think it's better.
That would be a silly return for KP. Bagley is useless and i much rather keep THJ than having Hield. They are basically 1:1 players but THJ knows his role really well and is having best year of his career here. In my opinion THJ is someone Mavs absolutely can not get rid off. Unless we get something significant in return. He's a perfect 6th man, like Curry was, and i'm not sure we want to gamble on yet another Jrich type of player.
But they absolutely need to do something with Powell/Burke/Boban and even Jrich. If you want to plan deep playoff runs, you just can't have those guys on the roster and expect them to have any significant production. I mean, Jrich can still obviously prove me wrong, but so far, he hasn't.
