MAVS NEWS:

[F Gump]

 +Wood -Brunson is neutral for the team imo.

 
I disagree, even though I am hopeful Wood will be really good. Here's why.

I would agree that Brunson's impact can be replaced and maybe exceeded, but by "Wood + playoff-playable PG/offense creator" ....But they don't have that other piece, the spot that JB filled, and that's very important to what unlocks the Mavs.

As Kidd pointed out on Friday, Luka playing with another PG all the time allows (a) Luka's workload to be lessened in quantity, and broadened in quality, and (b) Luka to learn to be dominant playing behind the defense, as JK put it. But you can't do much of that if you only have one other decent PG. If it's only Luka and SD, Luka isn't able to play with SD all that much, whose primary minutes will be used to run the team when Luka is sitting.

As Luka goes, so goes the Mavs -- and they are missing a vital piece to making Luka more effective.