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Originally Posted by Ninkobei

The impact Tyson made on this team was far far greater than Jet's.

No, it really wasn't. His impact was significant. He made major contributions to a championship, just like JET, Kidd and Marion. There was nothing far far greater about it, especially when you take the entirety of JETs career as a Mav into account.

I think you forget how good he really was. All the small things he did on defense and just being a presence on the floor. JET is a good scorer and was good in crunch time for sure. Lots of teams have good shooters.

On the contrary, if you think JET's contributions can be summed up as "good shooter", you're the one who's guilty of forgetting how indispensable and capable a certain former Mav was.

Tyson was Dirk's Robin.

If Dirk had a Robin, it was JET. JET and nobody else. If we're talking about the championship run specifically, Tyson was no less and no more than one of four guys, along with Kidd, Marion (both of whom you've neglected to mention in your response) and JET, who served as Dirk's primary supporting cast. That's not a knock. It's a credit to all of them.

He made up for a lot of Dirk's shortfalls on defense.

That's a lazy, misguided take on what Tyson's contributions were on the defensive end for the Mavs. He has some very noteworthy strengths on that end of the court (overrated as he's become in the wake of his stint in Dallas). None of them allowed him to do much more than his predecessor at the center position when it came to covering for Dirk, specifically, who's been a perfectly capable defender at the PF spot for far longer than the popular narrative has ever been willing to admit.

He was/is one hell of a player.

No argument there. My point is simply this: so were JET, Kidd and Trix.