04-25-2024, 11:14 AM
(04-24-2024, 07:45 PM)The Jom Wrote: You fellas seem to know what you’re talking about, so I’m feeling a bit sheepish about disagreeing. But here I go anyway.
If playing without a center was Ty Lue’s plan A or B, wouldn’t we have seen more than 6 minutes of it by now?
It's obviously not his plan A.
What we're saying (based on two other playoff series between these two teams, btw) is that WHEN the Kleber/Washington lineup (if Kidd is smart enough to lean on it more) continues to shred the Clippers (which it already has proven it will - it's how the Mavs won the last game), Lue is going to make an adjustment. He's a GREAT coach - one of the best in the NBA.
The questions are: can that adjustment force Dallas into an adjustment of their own? (I'm not sure it can, provided Kleber is hitting his catch and shoot opportunities), and...
Is Kidd smart enough to see what that adjustment to the adjustment should be?