(11-01-2023, 10:13 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Kidd is a better coach than last year.
Also, Nico is a better GM.
And Cuban is a better owner.
I think Kidd's first season showed he's a defensive coach. i.e. you actually give him competent defensive players and he can get the team playing good defense. He still has no clue overall what to do offensively, but I think he's a guy if you give him defensive pieces he can take that team places, particularly when he has a savant to take care of the offense.
Lively has phenomenal defensive IQ. You always know the guys with the high defensive IQ, because they don't need to fill up any defensive box score stats to have a huge impact on the game defensively. And at 19 as a center, that's pretty rare and pretty special. We will see what happens with his offense, but just the defensive impact alone is game changing.