(12-19-2019, 01:35 PM)mavsluvr Wrote:(12-19-2019, 01:15 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: Would JJB have likely finished the game better in this case than Jalen and THJ?
I would probably rephrase the question to ask whether JJB would have finished the game better than Jalen and Wright (who actually closed the game). Yeah, probably.
This one is more dicey I'd say but did Boston really have someone to stop Boban inside when the Mavs could have used a few buckets to hold a lead or stop a run?
Carlisle has made a few comments about using Boban over the season. To the effect that he believes that Boban is useful against big guys who aren't highly mobile and don't shoot threes. And that he can't keep up with a high degree of athleticism and pace. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been tried. Just chipping in a bit of Rick commentary. I get that you are saying he would have been put in for offensive purposes.
The role I want him to have? That's a misdirection 15th, the post is me expressing an opinion, in the form of questioning the strategy about this game and this situation. Its not about me and not even about an overarching role I envision for JJB or for Boban. You're taking the isolated point and stretching way beyond the scope of the post.
Jeez! Way to overreact, fif.
I think you're right on the head about Boban, which is why I found it a little puzzling when they decided to pay him and bring him in anyway.
I think he could be used a little more effectively than Rick apparently does but then I also remember Salah Mejri famously saying "The only person that can stop Salah Mejri is Rick Carlisle" after Mejri would finally get playing time and have a big game only to get sat down again and blacked out for the next match up.
I just thought it a little strange to bring Boban in knowing that Carlisle doesn't use the slower centers much. He wants the Powell, Kleber and KP types.
Now Woj is reporting the Mavs are looking for big body?
https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-rumors-dal...via-trade/
Well I guess if names like Drummond, Harrel and Griffin are what they have in mind, then uh, yeah that makes some sense.