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Originally Posted by jthig32
Roddy's not going to get any better in the D League. He will get the chance to get better this season as he gets minutes during easier games, blowout, and filling in for injuries (all of which has already happened).
The Mavs can trade him for cap space any time they want to. There's absolutely no reason for them to do it before they need to.
Based on some of your recent comments I get the impression that you're more interested in Roddy getting better than the Mavs winning.
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1. Nothing is easy for the Mavs because they tend f-up the end of the 2nd and 3rd qtrs no matter if Kidd is playing or not. The next favorable matchup for the Mavs doesn't come until Feb 28th, so that is 20 days before meaningful playing time?
2. Players develop in blowouts where everyone chucks up shots and don't play defense?
3. No one knows when an injury is going to occur. In the meanwhile, Roddy can be practicing and playing under Del Harris/David Wesley. As Darrell Armstrong rightly pointed out on Bryan's podcast, Roddy is at a freshman/sophomore collegiate level in his PG skills, he is not your typical 3rd year veteran. Any playing time is better than no playing time. He can be recalled from the D-league when someone gets injured.
And you haven't been paying attention to other teams outside of the Mavs if you don't believe a player can get better in the D-league.
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Originally Posted by Budapest Maverick
You mean a low lottery pick. It was reported that teams offered the Mavs lottery picks for him, again, before this season. No way you give him up for a second rounder, especially knowing he will still be on his rookie contract next season, and maybe the only player we can keep besides Dirk and Kidd (vet min), if we struck gold in free agency.
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They were offered a low lottery pick for him in his rookie year. There was still trade buzz for him before he had came off his injury last year. Another foot surgery later, the best you could get is a conditional pick. He would have to play injury free for at least year with development in order to get a low first rounder for him.