https://theathletic.com/4192320/2023/02/14/kyrie-luka-dallas-mavericks/
“…Wood’s situation is more complicated: He’s a dangerous scorer who often doesn’t cover enough space defensively to warrant the coaching staff’s trust. But the Mavericks remain in need of his minutes on this roster, even if Wood might not be thrilled with the limited bench role he’s been assigned and will almost certainly depart this summer.”
Good job trading a FRP for him to lose him for nothing in FA lol
by DoncicsRoadTo200kg
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good luck finding a better C with the MLE
Felt like Jason Kidd made the wrong decision at every opportunity when it came to Christian Wood.
And its a damn shame because he seemed so happy and seemed like he had the right mindset up until his injury.
Kidd has mishandled him all season, I don’t blame Wood at all tbh. blame JKidd.
Honestly not surprised at all. We have such a cuck front office.
He’s been great every time he plays but he’s crazy disrespected for some reason, I would leave as well if I were him
He can score 12 straight then get benched for almost a whole quarter
Another FRP down the drain.
I just don’t understand the ‘why’ to why they have mishandled him so badly this year. Does Kidd think he’s Phil Jackson or what? None of what they’ve done with him makes any sense and the team is suffering because of it. It’s mind boggling.
“Trading a 1st round pick” – it was the 26th overall pick; the players Dallas could have taken with that pick would be Jović, Nembhard, Koloko or Hardy, who they managed to get anyway. I don’t think you can get anyone close to averaging 17pts/8reb with a grand package of a 26th pick, like yes, he’s not a good defender, but the big man rotation would have been so much more limited without him. In general, i don’t believe there is a single team which wouldn’t trade a 26th pick for a 17/8 player on an expiring, no matter what
I mean who can blame him. He’s never been in Kidds good graces.
Wood is an offensive asset and a MASSIVE defensive liability. His effort, IQ, and ability is lacking on defense.
Don’t get me wrong, Wood is a great player and fits in many schemes but when we have Luka and Kyrie, Wood’s defensive ability is not what this team needs. His offense does not outweigh the needs on defense for this team
I don’t blame him, pinson at the 5 late game would leave me furious
Comments in this thread are drastically different than the other one right above it from /nba
The mavs are better when he’s off the floor. He’s a talented player but he’s worse than luka on defense. Sucks they couldn’t find a trade partner for him but it shows how much they valued him if they were trying to trade a 1:1 swap for Reggie Jackson
Writing has been on the wall so not surprised. He’s not perfect but none of our bigs are and he provides great scoring and can get a bucket himself. His defense can be shotty but when he turns it on, he’s a block machine. Kidd has handled him so poorly throughout the season and now he’s gonna walk for nothing. Thankfully what we gave up for him was minimal with non-rotation players and a late first. It creates cap space but we know Dallas is just gonna overpay a role player or two that won’t even provide the value Wood does.
First off we were going to draft Hardy anyway with that pick according to Nico. We didn’t give up anything worthwhile trading for Wood. Kidd could have handled it better yes, but Wood has been around the league for a reason. Going to have see what happens this off-season and see just how much he can get. Someone always overpays.
Can’t play in a system and doesn’t understand his role. There’s a reason he can’t land a stable position
I don’t think Kidd has handled him well. But for every point he scores, he gives one up on defense. He just isn’t the type of big man this team needs. Unfortunately that is a giant glaring hole on the roster currently.
Eh I get it, C-Wood is a great off the bench scorer and has proved that time and again – however, he should be coming off the bench for offensive minutes to do what he’s been doing, and have a defensive minded center start on this team. It worked with Doe starting, but now that he’s gone and Maxi’s injured, and there’s the offensive explosiveness of Kyrie and Luka, Wood just doesn’t really fit in the starting lineup anymore. Dwight doesn’t either, but he gives good effort minutes, and Javale has been doing decently these last few games on both ends.
So, while I’d hate to see C-Wood go, it makes sense: he doesn’t fit on the Mavs’ starting rotation anymore because the offense of Lu-Kai is insane; and he can’t play defense besides blocking. Do I hate to see him go? Yeah, but he deserves a team that needs an offensive minded big man. Does it make sense to let him go? Also yes, the Mavs need a defensive minded big man. Do I think Kidd botched the situation? Eh, kinda, it’s that C-Wood plays bad defense out in space and if a player does that with Kidd, then he is certainly coming off the bench; but Kidd also mishandled using C-Wood as a closer and explosive offensive player. So, blame both parties there I guess
I’ve never been a person who just “trusts the FO at all costs”.
But I mean. This dude is on his 7th team. He alienates every single locker room he’s in. Why is everyone screaming at JKidd/Nico? They shot their shot, Cwood was Cwood, and now they don’t want him the same way none of his other teams wanted him.
I have no clue what, specifically, he’s done to not get minutes… but whatever it is… I’m not going to just pretend it doesn’t exist. He very clearly has issues that cause him to not be the quasi-star he’s on the border of being.
Start Wood. Bench Powel. They only keep powel because of how long he’s been on the team. What good does that do the team if Powel never scores.
I don’t think that’s a big loss.. We need a legit rim protector, not a defensive turnstile…
Good luck for him , I don’t think any playoff team would start Wood in 2023.
It’s a shame because he has talent , but his attitude and defensive play are too garbage to be ignored .. he’s gonna feast in the Hornets though …..
Then tell him to play defense
That’s pretty obvious from his attitude since he returned from injury. Sucks he can’t just buy in. Gonna get 2/15 from someone this year where if he just showed he could buy into a teams system he could easily get himself 4/80 something.
Great scorer, terrible defender and generally not a particularly smart ball player. Sucks we couldn’t get something for him in return though. It has to be almost certain that he has a poor attitude in training also. How ekse can someone with the talent he has have gone through so many teams at his age?
I like Wood, but that FRP didnt mean much it was like the 26th pick of the draft last year and we still got Hardy in the 2nd round. I will always say that Wood was a Mark move and McGee was a Kidd move. Kidd never wanted him here
The Wood trade was still a good trade considering we gave up almost nothing for him. I have agreed from the very beginning that Kidd has not known how to use him. He doesn’t play defense though, but his offensive ability is better than KP’s.
Anyone complaining about trading away future HOF Wendell Moore Jr for 1 season of C-Wood is a dope. Plain and simple.
I bet the Mavs tried to shop him on the deadline but couldnt find any suitor . So they are stuck with him and probably in piece with the idea that he will leave in the offseason for nothing. There is a reason why the guy does not hold any value around the league and the Mavs got him for cheap. His Lack of effort on defense is infectious to other players and probably he is not very mature off court. Plus his latest tweets did not help much on the contrary might have made things worse.
They honestly are better off saying screw it and trying to win 130 to 120 every night. You don’t have a good defensive C (until Maxi is back) so stop playing the guy who is good at nothing and just play the guy who improves your offense instead.
There’s a reason he’s played for 5(?) different teams and never been extended
I understand that Wood is sometimes stupid on defense, I get that. However, he has size, he can rebound. Those are the qualities we need, I am not even mentioning his far superior offense . He was playing better before the injury on both ends, are we going to forget that? It was unfair to bench him after the injury, I do not understand that decision
If Wood was as good on defense as he is on offense then he’d be a 30+ minute a night guy with us. He’s just not that guy unfortunately. He’s incredibly matchup dependent
Mavs knew this when we didn’t trade him at the deadline. It is what it is. He doesn’t fit this team at all
To be fair… Wood has had issues with his role in every team he’s played for. He’s good. Very good, in fact. But not good enough offensively to be a premier option and definitely not good enough defensively. It’s the James Wiseman debacle… there are flashes of brilliance but when he’s on the floor we just **bleed** points. Wood is an empty calories kind of player and for that, I don’t mind too much to let him walk in the summer. I was actually kind of banking on it since it’ll open up a max contract spot for us this summer
I really cant see how cwood is worse on d than dwight or javale… even if he WAS worse than those two guys on defense it wouldnt be enough to justify guys like theo or ntilkina cutting into his minutes. he really just must have some issues beyond basketball
Wood is a defensive liability. Better just play a line up of Luka, Kyrie, green, pinson and Reggie. That should take care of the issues inside.
Good – the guy is a bad teammate…a stat padder/points counter…the Mavs have given up him…just like 10 other teams
He’ll struggle to find a contract in the summer as his agent is a clown
It’s not like they have Myles turner or Mitchell Robinson waiting to come in . If it was possible ,they should have traded for Myles turner if they wanted a defensive center. As it is, they are going to burn a first round pick for wood who is going to walk.
Cool. Lose a first round pick to get Wood. Let him walk. Lose another to get Kyrie…let him walk for nothing. Our asset management is so bad.
I think he was picked up for the pick and roll potential with Luka and to replace some Brunson offensive firepower, but he has made no progress on D and it seems like J Kidd hasn’t done all that much to make it a fit. It’s a bummer, but we really need defense now that we have Kyrie. If we can get Ky resigned this summer, we need to just throw everything into defenders, the offensive side will be more than enough.
Wood is a negative on the court, his offensive skills plainly do not make up for his deficiencies. Eventually his stans on this sub will realize what every other fanbase and team that he’s played for already knows. Christian Wood is not a winning basketball player.
If he is unhappy in his role and becomes disruptive, the Mavs should just throw him on the IL for the rest of the season.
I mean Wood isn’t really good but we don’t have many options. I will never understand alienating a player when you have limited options to replace them. Had we worked with him maybe it would have turned out better but this was a bad relationship from Day One.
the sub seems to have gotten rather huge. Nearly 300 comments on a mid workday post is a bit insane.
It’s not shocking. He’s a guy who has a standard for what he expects from his team and when it’s not met, he wants out.
How often do these types of guys suddenly become all about their team success while in their prime? Almost none.
We honestly need him. I’d rather start him the rest of the way through then look at center options in the off season than lose him. Even if it means we are out in the first round this year, we can’t be liability on defense and let a 20 and 10 guy just walk
Anyone complaining about Wood’s defense, when he is losing minutes to other guys who don’t play defense, aren’t as good as him offensively, and shouldn’t even be on an NBA roster, is flat out crazy.
It’s also a clear sign of how dumb someone is when y’all just throw out the thing about how many teams he’s been on and act like he has had attitude problems everywhere he’s been. He was an undrafted end of the bench guy. Those guys move around the league. The dude left Detroit to sign a nice contact with a perennial playoff team lol. What an attitude problem having loser.
Why can’t we just accept this season is going to be a feel good audition for what might be and play the guys we want back next year? This idea that Dallas could be a top team this season and win now is a pipe dream.
Phoenix actually bought themselves a real star that doesn’t disappear in the playoffs and lost nothing.
Boston would beat us in six games or less
Every top team with a center could beat us unless we shoot crazy high 3pt percentages like last year.
Give Wood whatever he wants and reevaluate what we have after we try to sign him and Kyrie. With them, we are a defensive center away from title contention. Without, we are screwed
I like him. We were all saying extend Wood last month because we understood he was a net positive for this team. We’re going to miss him when he walks, and the same people saying “so long” will be crying about another FO failure.