Texas Chuck wrote:Godaddycurse wrote:BeiBeau wrote:
Say what you want about Green but he is better than Cedi Osman, Dean Wade, and Kira Lewis which is the level of NBA player that 5-7 million gets you. You’re living with a perception of salaries that is much closer to 2015.
I think MLE money is about 5th starter to 6th man. 7-8th man about 10M, 9-10th man is 6-7M (not counting ring chasing vets).
How over paid Green is depends on your perception of his role off the bench?
I think he's overpaid and the team should be open to moving him, but THJ being an expiring, a well-respected veteran, and a shooter with size, he's just more attractive as salary matching to most teams(maybe all? Or maybe there are a couple teams that like Green?)
But if you trade Tim, you need to keep Green. Hardy has shown nothing to suggest he's ready for a bigger role and while Exum has been solid in his minutes, his health is always going to be a huge concern so you have to cover for that. And if Jones leaves that's more minutes to cover.
I get he's not some great player, but he's been an on court positive his first 3 years and nearly neutral this year. He's not killing the team when he plays. Obviously you'd love to upgrade him and when he gets healthy it will be interesting to see if he can force his way back into the rotation in a meaningful way or if he just takes the 6-8 minutes Hardy has been getting in his absence. But I love that right now he and Tim have to prove they deserve that 9th playoff rotation spot instead of just being defaulted in because they have no options.
Agreed on keep Green if we move THJ. I do disagree that Hardy hasn’t shown enough. I want Hardy to get consistent minutes for an entire season next year.
THJ is just such a high variance player and I just don’t know if that is conducive to Dallas winning. Luka and Kyrie are so consistent on offense. And Dallas is becoming a consistently good defensive team. I don’t know if there is room on this team anymore for a player that can shoot you to a win or shoot you to a loss.