2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[deronjohn]

Why is anyone concerned with post defense in a 5 when post offense by a 5 is obsolete in the NBA?

Not completely. AD and Jokic are two good reasons to worry about post defense if we ever want to make it out of the West. There are a handful of others who will hurt us during the regular season as well.

I will say I think it's unnecessary to have a Gobert type center playing 36 mpg, but we still need a way to deal with certain matchups. For instance, AD drew two easy fouls last night on KP in the post in Q2 and took him out of the game. Our other options are Maxi who doesn't quite have the size to handle him and Powell who gets bullied constantly in the post. I could easily see Davis going for 40+ against us in the playoffs if they keep feeding him.

Thats my fear as well, you also have to look at why the Knicks beat us twice. The Knicks have about 5 guys in that 6-9 to 7ft range that play in the paint. They killed us all night long and thats because we do no have a big body thumper to play big boy ball with them. 

There are not a lot of teams built like the Knicks but there are some
Even in the Clipper game Zubac was moving everybody around in the paint he grabbed like 3 or 4 offensive rebounds. 

That is what Tyson gave us, we need someone that demands respect in the post area. KP is more a weakside defender not great at on the ball defense in the post at least not right now.