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Originally Posted by Nowitzki4President
But that's the implication that we would need TMac to be a role player. If we were to pick him up, he wouldn't need him to be a role player, but a #2 scoring option. His health is in question, no doubt. But Howard's is too, so it isn't something we haven't dealt with. But the difference is, TMac knows he's ready to play, knows he's ready to play 30+ minutes a game. Whereas Josh has been wavering, and Carlisle is weaning him into more minutes.
Anyway, all of this is null and void if our FO doesn't even try to get him. But if he somehow gets out of his huge contract, and into a smaller one, I think it's more of a low risk/high reward situation rather than high risk/high reward.
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You've completely missed it. He can't be counted on to play and thus you can't build your team around him. When was the last time he was healthy enough to lead his team anywhere? 3 of the last 5 seasons he's only played a handful of games. In the other two seasons he missed significant time. He's injured far more often than Josh. More often than Harris. More often than any other "star." One reason we gave up Harris was because he was always injured. We can't bring a guy on and expect him to be a #2 when he hasn't shown he can play a full season.