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Originally Posted by The Cobra
But at what stage can you not separate the player's performance from the player himself?
For some of these players, their performance issues have gone on for quite a length of time. At some stage, the players become their performance level.
And one of the problems is that in some cases the trade deadline for these players is fast approaching. There may not be enough time to establish that some of these players performance level hasn't become the player himself.
And in some cases, the drop off is so severe that the assumption will be negative until proven otherwise.
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All fair points, but then we see Bennet explode and you can't help but wonder...
Mojo is a hell of a drug. Look at Nashville this season.
Or St Louis in 19. Or the Flames in 19. All those teams went from good to bad or bad to good overnight with the same players.
Doesn't mean you don't need the right parts to succeed, but performance is sometimes voodoo.