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Originally posted by: jayC
Right Finley is the key to the mavs championship hopes. Is this the same guy that had consecutive sub 10 point games in 40 minutes a game.
If the mavs trade for Paul Pierce or another shooting guard Finley will be a moot point.
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No Fin is not the key, but his talent is definitely part of the puzzle. If we trade for Paul pierce or any other shooting guard we will have to give up talent most likely one of our 2/3's. This will cost us depth. If we had Fin he could provide us the depth needed. Last year we had 4 good 2/3's and at times we were shorthanded at those positions because of injuries. Even if we didn't trade any of our 2/3's to get a top shooting guard we'd still have them as trade ammo to acquire other needed pieces which still having great depth at the 2/3 position.
Now add in the fact that Fin was playing hurt for the latter part of last year, it's highly likely that he'll come back much better this year. Fin was our best 2 guard last year and wasn't even playing at his best.
Bottom line is if we cut Fin we get no talent for that. We can never make up that talent gap. We can make other deals which might bring in great talent. But if we'd kept Fin, those deals would have still been possible and we'd have more talent. This move is moving us away from a championship not towards it.
Now add on to the fact that this move is highly likely to make it much more difficult to get FA's to come here and probably to resign our players when they become FA's.