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Sean's avatar

For all the Thibs doubt - he is the guy who helped mold Jimmy Butler. And he seems to be doing a damn fine job molding RJ.

To me the most important development of this season is RJ showing this growth. His ceiling has to be considered higher now than when this season started - at the end of last year I was wondering if he was more or less a 3 and D wing with some shot creation upside. This year he has cashed in on a lot of that upside. This development is way more important than if Randle and DRose had been able to drag us to the play-in. Every decision this summer and going forward has to be about building the right kind of roster for RJ to thrive.

To that end, I think they're taking a strong look at Jericho as maybe being a guy who can replace Mitch going forward... he'll be cheaper and might fit with RJ. Have to think Jericho getting an extended look is the organization at least thinking along these lines.

I continue to think Mitch and the Dallas 23 pick for Jalen Brunson in a double sign and trade might make a lot of sense for both teams. Especially with Dallas now committed to Spencer Dinwiddie for a few years. Have to think the team is thinking about it.

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Dom Cappuccitti's avatar

You start to wonder how many players have to go down before Duece gets his time. We aren't talking about Lavar Postell here lol. In a small sample size we have already seen him as an NBA rotation player. I can't imagine he isn't showing enough in practice. I like Burkes and no one is saying bench him. But at what point is it until it's not too much to ask to cut his minutes for Deuce. The play in is just not going to happen.

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