DSJ is just not my kind of player. The way that he struts his way into one dumb ply after another, the horrible FT shooting form…very worrisome. Maybe he grows up this summer but I’d be okay with including him in a trade for a better player.

Now, if the lower 3pt percentage is an outlier or an indication of decline, obviously I don’t know. His last season was also not as incredible as his usual self, so there is likely some decline involved, but if I had to guess, I wouldn’t say it’s a clear thing yet.

The Warriors will turn up the intensity in the playoffs, I’m pretty sure of it, they’re not as deep as usual but still deep enough to win it all. If they end up re-signing Klay and eventually Draymond to huge contracts and Durant leaves, they’re probably gone as contenders next season unless they pull some trick out of nowhere. Even Curry is having a mundane season for his standards, all his numbers are down compared to his usual self.

he was one of the few occasional bright spots for the team over the last couple of seasons…

Damn the Suns really beat the Warriors at Oracle. Our worst record seems to be secure boys!

The Warriors may just be saving themselves for the playoffs when they will flip the switch and play MUCH tougher defense. However, I think a reasonable case can be made that Drayomd is starting to slip a little and the bench is a bit older and not as deep.

More controversial is my view that Durant is starting to slip. When you are the greatest scorer ever, you can slip a bit and still be so great no one will notice. but IMO the slip has started and I’m not so sure how enthusiastic I am about signing a guy at the exact point he’s beginning to slip…even if he is an all time great.

If we end up with one of those guys, it might be necessary to tank again til we get it right.

You need 3 stars. You can get them via draft, trade, free agency or a combunation of the above. As long as we are this incompetently managed and have zero at this stage (or 1 if we remain optimistic on Robinson and say he’s the 3rd option), we’ll probably hang around the dungeon for awhile unless someone really good is crazy enough to sign with us this year despite being historically bad.

DSJ’s defense has been pretty fucking bad.

I’ve been saying this.

I watched some Dallas basketball both this year and last year. He has the tools to be a good defender and will occasionally make an eye catching play, but if you watch him day in and day out you’ll see a lot of lapses where he’s totally lost or doesn’t make an effort. When you combine that with the inefficient scoring and TO lapses you can easily start thinking you are getting one of those talented low basketball IQ LOSING players that some of the poorly managed teams keep falling for (like the Knicks).

Before the KP deal, Dallas was trying to move him for a 1st rounder, but there were no takers. Now you can see why. He’s bad on both sides despite the occasional eye catching play. It’s not totally hopeless when you have talent like that, but I doubt Cuban is losing any sleep.

As far as I’m concerned, if we are trying to build a team with a scoring PG that runs the whole show, we most likely still don’t have our PG of the future.

I was shocked that they didn’t seem to really start tanking right away when it seemed like it made so much sense for them to do so.

Me too.

I love Dallas from here. They are 2/3rds the way to building their young star core and should have a shot in the draft and free agency to get the 3rd piece this off season. With a little luck they can go into next year with their core set. Then they can start filling out role players and bench. By the time the young guys are getting ready to make serious noise Lee will be long gone and Hardaway will be coming off.

Yeah, Dallas is really going for their pick this year, it’s gonna be a bit scary for us. The last pick they owe the Knicks is still an asset, but as soon as they delay Atlanta’s pick one more year, it starts dropping in value right away.

I was shocked that they didn’t seem to really start tanking right away when it seemed like it made so much sense for them to do so.