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RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - loki - 04-24-2021 (04-24-2021, 09:59 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: This team of Luka’s needs to be totally rebuilt around the pick and roll. We need to slam that down the throats of every opponent we play all game long. Every variation of it and all the action(open 3’s) off it. It’s unstoppable with Luka Hard to disagree with that after what we saw tonight. I'm still all-in on Richaun Holmes as the main FA target. With Powell playing well it would give Dallas a real pnr threat for 48 minutes. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Kammrath - 04-24-2021 (04-24-2021, 09:59 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: This team of Luka’s needs to be totally rebuilt around the pick and roll. We need to slam that down the throats of every opponent we play all game long. Every variation of it and all the action(open 3’s) off it. It’s unstoppable with Luka 100%. I will beat this drum until the MBT listens. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - StepBackJay - 04-24-2021 (04-24-2021, 10:11 PM)Kammrath Wrote: 100%. I will beat this drum until the MBT listens. KP would have been doing this tonight. They have been saving his roll action for the playoffs. The strategic mistake was starting Maxi, or maybe they just had to wait until DP recovered more. With DP back you will see lots of rolls there and KP will at least do it in big games. Next season we need a third guy, not a THJ or a J Rich. Even Brunson is more like a 6th man. Whether it's Collins or Lowry, its got to be a third guy that is a major player. Thankfully Mavs have a lot of capspace. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Kammrath - 04-24-2021 (04-24-2021, 10:24 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: They have been saving his roll action for the playoffs. I just don't believe they are holding back from practicing and refining what needs to be their bread and butter. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Branduil - 04-24-2021 This team is clearly worse talent-wise when missing KP and yet clearly has far better chemistry. This offseason will be the time to trade KP for a playmaker and add a rim-runner big man. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Branduil - 04-24-2021 Do this next year and we can also have cap room to go after Holmes: https://tradenba.com/trades/ETxr1QSV- Luka / Brunson Brogdon / Burke DFS / Green Turner / Maxi Holmes / Powell Surround Luka with two-way guys, you've got a shooter/playmaker/defender in Brogdon, 3&D with DFS, elite defense with Turner, and elite rim-running with Holmes. And you'd still have Brunson, Maxi, and Powell off the bench- hopefully Green would get a chance to prove himself as well. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Jason Terry - 04-25-2021 (04-24-2021, 10:24 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: KP would have been doing this tonight. They have been saving his roll action for the playoffs. The strategic mistake was starting Maxi, or maybe they just had to wait until DP recovered more. With DP back you will see lots of rolls there and KP will at least do it in big games.That narrative makes less sense when we were in jeopardy of the play in game. We’ve been in a terrible place for awhile. Why not break out your best weapons back then? You pay a max player to do more than just occasional flashes The narrative that makes more sense is the same from all year. KP can’t or more likely won’t do what the team needs either because of incompetence or more likely selfishness in protecting himself. And this is the big beef with KP-Luka......KP failure to set screens.......failure to roll........failure to go all out defensively.....how are we supposed to wait until the playoffs for our 2nd best player to do winning things? Seems like new 2nd best player is just as an important need as new 3rd best player Now that the TDL is passed there’s been no choice by all parties but to make the best of a bad situation RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - Mavs2021 - 04-25-2021 (04-24-2021, 11:11 PM)Branduil Wrote: This team is clearly worse talent-wise when missing KP and yet clearly has far better chemistry. I agree. Already posted my conspiracy theory that the Mavs know they´d be a better team with a Pow-zingis, but banging down low, cutting hard to the rim and catching lob passes puts you in a lot of unpredictable (physical) positions, which significantly increases your injury risk. If Porzingis suffers another knee-injury, while awkwardly landing due to some shove in the back or just bad weight distribution, his trade value is DEAD. So if the Mavs want to trade him, it makes sense to have him play a conservative game physically to minimize such a risk. I wonder, if there is any chance the Cavs would be interested in an Allen/Prince for Porzingis swap? Probably not, but that would still be the best deal for our off-season. 1) Find your big for the next decade 2) Improve your defense with Prince with chance to re-sign him for That idiotic and cheap Rockets owner, probably killed any chance of making that deal ourselves, because he didn´t want talent, just expirings and ended up with Oladipo. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - StepBackJay - 04-25-2021 Wow KP for Prince/Allen would be selling super low. I think KP with one leg is worth that much. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - DanSchwartzgan - 04-25-2021 (04-24-2021, 11:11 PM)Branduil Wrote: This team is clearly worse talent-wise when missing KP and yet clearly has far better chemistry. In fairness, the team seems to have less talent and good chemistry when Luka sits also. The ball certainly moves more. I'm not ready to give up on DP/KP as starters just because Powell had a great night with KP out. Powell is the best perimeter defender and has the best team defense numbers of any of the alternatives. We know DFS at PF is MUCH less effective defensively than DFS at SF (D-Rating is 10 points better at 106 when DFS is at SF). When KP and Maxi are on the floor together, the D-Rating is 108.2 (and 100 in limited minutes with WCS). The logical extension is KP/DP should be just as good defensively if not better. And, this is backed up by the 500 minutes they played together last season with a D-Rating of 105.3 The worry we hear is KP/DP can't work offensively or that it diminishes the value of KP or it keeps Luka/KP from working the two-man game together. We know the first isn't true. All we have to do is look at the early part of last season. The KP/DP experiment just started, for the current season, but we scored 115 and 127 in two games KP had 19 in each. So, let's focus on the other two concerns. I've never bought the idea that KP/DP can't work offensively. KP has great 3Pt Gravity and DP has great Roll Gravity. The team has been diversifying KP's attack to the great benefit of his TS% this season (by far best in career). He can post (and pass out of the post), he's above average at ISO. His Total Perimeter Shooting Impact is in the 96th percentile. His O-Lebron, O-Raptor and O-BPM are all in the 90th-plus percentile. Surely we can find something for him to do next to Powell. Here is what is interesting. KP's total Roll Man Impact is the same as Powell's. In other words, KP is great the few times he actually rolls. But, he doesn't do it very much (and I envision another injury every time he does). Instead, he tends to pop and slip and the truth is he's below average at that. He's in the 46th percentile as a pick and pop guy and the 17th percentile when he slips the pick. I know, it makes no sense. Also, he's much worse than Powell at Screen assists (Powell is in the 99th percentile and KP is in the 47th). So, why exactly do we want to run the Luka/KP two man game instead of the Luka/Powell two man game? And, can we really blame Luka/Carlisle for not doing more of this. There are two questions that I hope will be answered in the next dozen games or so. I'm pretty confident we can find "Team-Success" with KP and DP starting together. What I'd like to see is KP-Success also (which isn't necessarily the same). If it works out we get both (and I put some of this on Carlisle), then great. We have at least three of the four-plus bigs we need (BTW, I'm not opposed to Holmes/DP as the 48 minutes Center rotation). But, if KP continues to struggle individually and Powell continues to impress, then I'll get back into fantasy trade mode including KP-based deals. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - StepBackJay - 04-25-2021 Great post by Dan. I am definitely on board the KP, DP pairing. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - KillerLeft - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 12:05 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'm not ready to give up on DP/KP as starters just because Powell had a great night with KP out. Powell is the best perimeter defender and has the best team defense numbers of any of the alternatives. We know DFS at PF is MUCH less effective defensively than DFS at SF (D-Rating is 10 points better at 106 when DFS is at SF). When KP and Maxi are on the floor together, the D-Rating is 108.2 (and 100 in limited minutes with WCS). The logical extension is KP/DP should be just as good defensively if not better. And, this is backed up by the 500 minutes they played together last season with a D-Rating of 105.3 Based on all of KP's comments from earlier this season, I'd say he's the one who needs to be convinced. Most of the smart people here have been on board with this since last season, in part due to your excellent writing about it. Speculation here, but I think Carlisle's "everything is on the table" comment from last week might've had something to do with KP's wishes. Something like "we tried it your way, but it's not working." RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - StepBackJay - 04-25-2021 (04-24-2021, 10:28 PM)Kammrath Wrote: I just don't believe they are holding back from practicing and refining what needs to be their bread and butter. Right I am just saying they have been trying to limit wear and tear in KP. I expect him to be unleashed in the playoffs. And with Powell starting know KP doesn't need to do as many rolls anyway. I honestly don't think the Mavs need to do a lot with the big rotation unless they have an opportunity to land Collins. Their appetite for him might wane anyway if our frontcourt looks good to close the season. I see KP, Maxi, Powell as your base with vet min Melli and an rMLE play to round out the rotation. Hopefully we could find a player there that compliments the group better than Bobo and WCS do. That would leave all of the Mavs dollars to spend on playmaking, shooting and scoring at the guard/forward positions. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - ClutchDirk - 04-25-2021 As the leader and lone member of the bench Maxi fan club and one of the posters who was tired of 4 guys camping at the 3 point line I am happy to see an elite rim roller give Luka more options besides feast or famine chucking when the defense loads up on him... RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - ClutchDirk - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 12:41 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Right I am just saying they have been trying to limit wear and tear in KP. I expect him to be unleashed in the playoffs. Then you need a cheap effective 6 foul bruiser for those occasions... RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - DanSchwartzgan - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 12:23 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Based on all of KP's comments from earlier this season, I'd say he's the one who needs to be convinced. Most of the smart people here have been on board with this since last season, in part due to your excellent writing about it. I saw a lot of the same passive-aggressive me first stuff that others saw a while back (or at least think I did...pop psychology can be dangerous). I was willing to entertain trades conceptually (it is an addiction) but agree with those who say the ceiling is higher with KP here. Since Carlisle is supposed to be good at this stuff and because they've made a pretty clear effort to change up KP's offensive game some, I have at least some hope (but have no idea if it will work or not). One thing that sticks with me is how passionately Tim Cato defends KP the person on his various podcasts. He finds him to be incredibly smart and introspective. He articulates exactly what the team was trying to do and why it worked/didn't work. In other words, KP is a high basketball IQ guy. I had a situation recently where one friend lashed out in an unproductive way at another for a perceived lack of being heard/seen. The behavior was harmful to both parties and the first friend knew it and did it anyway to prove a point (she was tired of being ignored). One thing about being highly attuned to the game plan is KP knows when he's not getting "his". I can see the case for there being a bad relationship between our stars. But, I can also see the case that one star was tired of being shut out and needed to throw a hissy. Some people get over stuff like that quickly. Others harbor ill will for a long time. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - dirkfansince1998 - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 12:05 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'm not ready to give up on DP/KP as starters just because Powell had a great night with KP out. Powell is the best perimeter defender and has the best team defense numbers of any of the alternatives. We know DFS at PF is MUCH less effective defensively than DFS at SF (D-Rating is 10 points better at 106 when DFS is at SF). When KP and Maxi are on the floor together, the D-Rating is 108.2 (and 100 in limited minutes with WCS). The logical extension is KP/DP should be just as good defensively if not better. And, this is backed up by the 500 minutes they played together last season with a D-Rating of 105.3 I think we can all agree that the team has a higher offensive ceiling with KP on the floor but personally I think the defensive ceiling is much higher without him. Doesn´t even matter who replaces him as long as the Mavs aren´t going small (DFS, Green or Doncic playing PF). Sample sizes without KP are really small but... Powell-Melli: 88.2 D-Rating in 81 minutes Powell-Kleber: 99.8 D-Rating in 249 minutes WCS-Kleber: 101.9 D-Rating in 180 minutes Without KP the Mavs can play a modern switch heavy defense. They can hide individual weaknesses on the perimeter with switches and rotations. This is a matter of scheme and coaching preferences. Continue to build around KP as a more traditional rim protecting big. Play more drop defense in the pick and roll. Less switches. Less rotations. That approach would require some major upgrades on the perimeter. Not to mention that KP himself needs to get back to his pre injury level on defense. Or move on and focus on the switch heavy scheme. Add fitting pieces that can offer both perimeter defense and rim protection. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - StepBackJay - 04-25-2021 @"dirkfansince1998" I think has a point about KP and defense. It's hard to find a big that can do some things you want bigs to do but also cover the perimeter. All that being said it's also hard to find someone that's better than KP. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - mvossman - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 12:05 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: In fairness, the team seems to have less talent and good chemistry when Luka sits also. The ball certainly moves more. I highly question the idea that Powell is the best perimeter defender of the alternatives. It does not meet the eye test. They put Maxi on Leonard in the playoffs last year and he held his own. I can't imagine trying that with DP. It is hard to find any stat that reasonably rates defense, but with a big enough sample I would lean toward DRPM because it looks at actual on court impact and takes teammates and opponents into account. Maxi has had a much higher DRPM each of the last three years. I find it unlikely that given a big enough sample a KP/DP pairing would be better (or even as good) as a KP/Maxi pairing defensively. I agree there is no question that KP/DP will (and has) work offensively. I also agree regarding KP success. I fear that a lot of the things you mention we are doing with him will be less available with Powell clogging up the lane, and that turning him into a 4 will significantly reduce his offensive value. But it seems apparent that having a true roll man fits Luka's game better and if KP is not going to do it, and he can't operate effectively offensively with someone who can, then we have a real problem. RE: ROSTER TALK: DAL with $22.7M - $34.4M in capspace | FA starts Aug 2, 5 pm - mvossman - 04-25-2021 (04-25-2021, 02:17 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I think we can all agree that the team has a higher offensive ceiling with KP on the floor but personally I think the defensive ceiling is much higher without him. I agree with the analysis in general, but the D-rating stats require a huge grain of salt, not just because of the small sample but also because a lot of those minutes are probably against second units. If we do decide to go away from KP (which would mean getting reasonable value in a trade) guys like Holmes and Theis would make sense in your switch heavy scheme. |