J.J Barea Coming Back Next Season

[Bayliss]

Whether it makes good asset-management sense to pick up JJB's option, and how JJB might be used next year *if* he isn't traded this summer are two completely separate issues.

Well, that's not what Jthig said, now was it?

He said:

No matter what you think of him, he's proven he can at least be a backup PG for 10 minutes a night. For 1.8 mil, that's a steal. There is literally no downside to exercising a 1.8 mil extension on JJB.

So that's not a steal when you factor in that JJB is not the backup PG for the Mavs. JJB is the defacto SG on most nights. Hell, he is the SF on some nights when they go with the 3 guard lineup.

And let's not even get into the "he is what he is" and the Mavs already have a young PG/SG who can defend better than him, rebound better, and shoot better. And having JJB may definitely hamper that player's development.

So there is definitely a **downside** to JJB staying. And how this simple and indisputable truth eludes so many in this thread is beyond me.