Birdmonster wrote:Look: Dunleavy is worth maybe two mil a year as a 20 minute a game bench player. Problem is he's getting 9 a year and way more time than he deserves. And, honestly, every time I'm at a game I can literally FEEL the energy in the arena die out when Mike's subbed in. Fair or unfair, it's true. He's a buzzkill, plain and simple.
Blame Mullin for drafting him; Blame Mullin for overpaying him; but blame Dunleavy for playing passionless, mediocre ball.
Nice points. I really think you need to be at a game to see just how detrimental he is to the team, because it's only by watching him off the ball that one sees how his poor choices and lack of good basketball instinct damages his team. On TV you see him fumbling, throwing away balls, missing open jumpers, not finishing, getting blown by for layups. However, between the cheerleading squad of Fitz, Barnett, Roy and Hu and NOT seeing how badly he moves without the ball unless you are at the game, it is hard to get the full dimensions of what a drag he is. Yeah, 2 mill a year 20 minutes tops off the bench, he is not an issue. 9 mill, cosseted, media-sucked teammate-bitcher and 4 plus year underachiever, and you see the disenchantment...