TAKE DAT WIT YOU 11/4

[mavsluvr]

This is an underrated story line. DFS was one of the Mavs best players the last two seasons and his developed three point shot was essential to that. In the first 8 games he has been playing at a level that is a big liability. The Mavs need him to turn it around desperately or Kidd needs to slide RB into his slot.

No doubt, DFS has to turn things around. 

I felt like the reporting from this pod made me at least understand the situation a little better. 

With Kidd urging a whole different offensive role on him, it's not as surprising that his performance in areas we thought he had mastered would deteriorate to a degree. (Sort of like the business school theory of what happens when you acquire a new business you don't know much about. When you divert more of your resources to trying to make the new business work, your old business takes a dip, at least in the short term.) And, if Kidd does have a big new role in mind, that makes me think that he's going to give it substantial time to work, rather than replacing him in the lineup in a game or two. 

Also, I was somewhat cheered that Brian and Mark regarded the last five games as happening under such a perfect storm that the podders don't even view them as a basis for predicting anything going forward. As the schedule gets more reasonable and guys get healthier, we might see more of a reversion to the mean in terms of performance. Maybe.