(01-24-2020, 10:17 AM)fifteenth Wrote: [ -> ]KP is awesome. Great answers! I think that ends the old conversation about what KP prefers.
I mean, he has said he doesn't like it, what has changed though is the team and system, which can affect that answer. It also sounds like it ends the old conversation of position-less basketball, if we're gonna go down the route of what KP says ends conversations.
Playing C unlocks KP. Don't you agree? I love the spacing when everyone is able to shoot the 3. 5 out is good for me!
(01-24-2020, 10:33 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: [ -> ]I mean, he has said he doesn't like it
I think I could come up with a hundred of these if I didn't have to get something done at work:
- The world is not stagnant. I'm glad I don't have to hold myself to every thing I've ever said.
- Playing center with the Mavs isn't the same as playing center for the Knicks.
- A 5-out lineup isn't in the same offensive universe as the old Knicks offense.
- These guys have to come up with answers to media questions all the time. I'm sure they don't approach those answers like they would approach giving testimony on a witness stand.
- I'm sure KP's contract, the Mavs' winning, and how KP performs in a 5-out lineup would influence a second question about "do you like playing center".
- Maybe most importantly, he just said "I like it. I like both", LAST NIGHT! Can't we way that last night's quote trumps a quote from 2 years ago when he was playing with a different team?
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(01-24-2020, 10:35 AM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: [ -> ]Playing C unlocks KP. Don't you agree? I love the spacing when everyone is able to shoot the 3. 5 out is good for me!
I agree, with the caveat that we also need to throw out some lineups that can play some D. A 5-out should be able to do that if you have the right 5.
(01-24-2020, 11:49 AM)fifteenth Wrote: [ -> ]I think I could come up with a hundred of these if I didn't have to get something done at work:
- The world is not stagnant. I'm glad I don't have to hold myself to every thing I've ever said.
- Playing center with the Mavs isn't the same as playing center for the Knicks.
- A 5-out lineup isn't in the same offensive universe as the old Knicks offense.
- These guys have to come up with answers to media questions all the time. I'm sure they don't approach those answers like they would approach giving testimony on a witness stand.
- I'm sure KP's contract, the Mavs' winning, and how KP performs in a 5-out lineup would influence a second question about "do you like playing center".
- Maybe most importantly, he just said "I like it. I like both", LAST NIGHT! Can't we way that last night's quote trumps a quote from 2 years ago when he was playing with a different team?
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This is the first time he has said anything contrary to the previous quote, and I covered the rest of your numbers with the part of my take that you didn't quote...
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The Dallas Mavericks' best 2-man line-up with significant minutes (at least 350) this season has been the dynamic duo of Porzingis & Brunson.
They are at a +16.6 net rating thus far (10th best in the NBA). Shutting teams down to under 100 pts per game is a big reason why.
(02-12-2020, 11:27 PM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: [ -> ] (02-12-2020, 10:14 PM)Kammrath Wrote: [ -> ]
https://twitter.com/MavsPR/status/1227804891357335552
I say we do more of that. I think it's only the 5th time in the last 23 games they've both played. 23 games is 42% of the season so far.
Next year is going to be insane. They'll both have figured each other out and KP will fully trust his body again.
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