06-17-2024, 01:16 PM
(06-17-2024, 01:10 PM)mvossman Wrote: The problem is Kyrie plays 40 minutes a game in the playoffs, so you have 8 minutes where Sexton makes sense on the court.
It seems like there is thought that we can get a young score first guard (like Simons or Sexton) to boost the offense and eventually replace Kyrie. I don't think we should be trying to find a Kyrie replacement right now. I don't think we have the assets. When we do look for the Kyire replacement, I don't think it should be a smaller score first guard. In an ideal world it would be a two way wing. That gives us a lot more options to fill in the edges.
I agree with you, but just to play Devil's Advocate...
Kyire and Kleber are literally the only two real players on the roster not totally locked into Luka's timeline. Part of the reason I was so disappointed in ending up with Kyrie as Brunson's replacement (at a fairly high asset cost, no less) was his age. Now, in the short term, that has worked out really well for the Mavs, obviously, but how sure are we that Kyrie can have this sort of impact even one more time in the playoffs? Will he ever be healthy at playoff time again? This is the first time he has had a healthy, normal season in like 6-7 years. Are we feeling great about him repeating it?