(06-14-2024, 09:53 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Both offer more than just catch and shoot ability. Holiday can score in the post. Was able to back down PJ Washington. But I think the main thing that I see isn't about 1v1 or 3v3 matchups. They have to function in a 5v5. As we saw in game 1-3 healthy Celtics rarely (if ever) give up mismatches. Mavs on the other hand would have three targets on the floor.
I don't think you can play another bad/mediocre defender next to Luka and Kyrie for extended minutes. Would ruin the one thing that allowed the Mavs to make a deep playoff run. Team defense with multiple bigger guys that play the gaps, help on drives and offer resistance at the rim.
Three targets? Kyrie and Luka haven't been bad guarding their matchups in this series. The Mavs have lacked offense this series. Mavs are losing bc of lack of offense, nothing else.
Boston offensive system has been beat your man off the dribble force defenders rotate and kick out to an open man. Basically anyone defending in this series has to know their rotations, Iam thinking someone like Simons can do that.