Doncic Trade ?

[mvossman]

Thank you for finally posting! We welcome all to post their thoughts. I do think you might be overthinking the criticisms on this board a bit, I don’t think anything typed around here is attempting to go as far as to suggest benching or trading, just that the warts are annoying to some and they hope for maturity coming sooner rather than later.

I think the more damning thing that holds this team back is what Iztok talks about in his recent article. When we have 3 or more defenders in the game, the numbers look good, when we have 3 or more offensive players, they look bad. That’s more about rotations than any 1 player.

Yep, he did the same analysis in our WCF playoff run with the exact same conclusion.  Luka net rating with one defender was terrible, with two was ok, and with three was great.  The formula to win with Luka has been out there for a while.  Surround him with defensive players that don't kill you on offense.  

I blame the FO more than Kidd for the rotation issue.  After that WCF run our big signing is an offense only big and then mid season we trade our best defender away for an offense only guard.  Until this last offseason this team has been actively getting small and worse defensively.

I agree with the general sentiment that sending out Timmy for a defensive PF makes the most sense from a roster construction viewpoint.  I'm not sure that deal will be available at the TDL, but that chart really shows how much value a switch like that could be.