BEST PLAYS of Josh Green | 2022-23 Highlights 

Kyrie gonna get him in the lab

First of all, there's almost no scenario for Dallas to acquire PJ Washington. As of around a week ago, it was reported that Dallas hadn't even contacted CHA to talk about a possible S&T. So comparing him to Washington isn't really worthwhile. As for Thybulle, have you ever actually seen him play? He's *very* good defensively, but close to a 0 on offense. Aside from a 22-game sample at the end of last season, he's a career 32.5% shooter from 3. And that's all he offers on offense; he doesn't drive and he doesn't playmake. Dallas was looking to acquire Thybulle to be the bench SF behind Green. Put it this way: the best offer Thybulle got was for roughly $11m/yr from Dallas. Estimates for Green's contract extension are anywhere between $13-16m/yr. Green is a *much* more complete player than Thybulle, and will be the starting SF next season for DAL. Whiffing on Thybulle means that OMax will almost certainly be the backup SF next season, assuming the Mavs do trade THJ. I don't think Dallas is concerned about that since OMax was, by far, the most impressive player on the Mavs Summer League team. He looked pro-ready from the start and showed that he was even more advanced offensively than many scouts thought he would be with his ability to attack closeouts and generate fouls at the rim. ~18mpg as the backup 3, with the possibility of playing at the 4 in smallball lineups as well, is a pretty solid expectation for OMax as a rookie. With the reports of Luka slimming down and getting back near his bubble playoffs form, the Mavericks will hopefully implement more fast break offense and more cutting to the halfcourt offense. Both of those changes will make guys like Kyrie, Josh and OMax look even better offensively since they couldn't really do much of that with Luka being so poor off-ball in a halfcourt offense and too slow/tired to push the ball in transition.