Dahl: Mavs seem to only be comfortable with Luka there, and he's great but also not a true Big man and is taking punishment.
Carlisle makes up for it to a large degree with a lot of lobs and cuts from his bigs so its not as though they can't compete, but they come up short on options when those are taken away.
it's not an option for the most part in Carlisle's systems and at times, his teams miss it and pay for it as other teams they are chasing, like Denver tonight, do have it.
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Re. Your above point. Maybe that is the fix for this team’s clutch offense. You are correct that this team plays a 4 or 5 out offense and relies on cuts/movement to get easier baskets. The problem is in clutch time there seems to be too much standing around and it’s almost like they forget what has got them there. So the offense looks worse than it is especially when you lose tough games.
The quickest fix for me would be putting Jackson in the finishing line up. Not because he is among the best 5 as much as the fact that he is always moving. If you then can get one more guy to not just stay static in the clutch, IMO. this offense could be much more difficult to defend on the clutch too... post ups or no post ups.
Carlisle makes up for it to a large degree with a lot of lobs and cuts from his bigs so its not as though they can't compete, but they come up short on options when those are taken away.
it's not an option for the most part in Carlisle's systems and at times, his teams miss it and pay for it as other teams they are chasing, like Denver tonight, do have it.
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Re. Your above point. Maybe that is the fix for this team’s clutch offense. You are correct that this team plays a 4 or 5 out offense and relies on cuts/movement to get easier baskets. The problem is in clutch time there seems to be too much standing around and it’s almost like they forget what has got them there. So the offense looks worse than it is especially when you lose tough games.
The quickest fix for me would be putting Jackson in the finishing line up. Not because he is among the best 5 as much as the fact that he is always moving. If you then can get one more guy to not just stay static in the clutch, IMO. this offense could be much more difficult to defend on the clutch too... post ups or no post ups.