Prediction: We will Start a Traditional Center

[dirkfansince1998]

Absolutely. The ability to attack in different ways is really important, imo. 

The mistake people (and teams) make is thinking they can accomplish this by using down-the-depth-chart specialists. To be truly competitive, you kind of need to be able to jumble your top 8-9 guys into different lineups, each resulting in a different play-style, to accomplish that versatility. When "matching up" with your opponent calls for playing someone like Boban in the playoffs against one of the better teams in the league, something has gone terribly wrong.

This. A player that can be "played off the floor" or can be turned into a liability shouldn´t be a top 5 rotation player. Obviously shouldn´t be paid like one. The Clippers series really highlighted the situation. The Mavs had one three men combination that dominated the Clippers. When Doncic/THJ/DFS shared the floor the Mavs outscored the Clippers by 46. The combination played 29 minutes per game. What happened in the remaining 19 minutes? Looking at the lineup data the Mavs are still in the game when two of them are on the floor. Mavs lost the series when two or more of them were on the bench.

I really hope that the addition of Bullock gives the Mavs another capable and versatile "matchup-proof" wing. Maybe a healthy Kleber can be another player to fill that role. But that´s pretty much it.
Doncic/THJ/Bullock/DFS/Kleber. Have three of them on the floor at all times and hope that they can carry whoever joins them on the floor.