Trade & FA 2024-25:

[dirkfansince1998]

I watched highlights of Thybulle last night and saw some clips of him on defense from a few years ago.  The three clips were him guarding Steph Curry, another one where he was guarding KD and Harden on the Nets and the last one of him guarding Luka.

I can certainly see the appeal.  One, it is literary impossible to completely stop great offensive players.  They are just going to make shots no matter what they do.  Second, it is pretty easy to see that he plays defense how Kidd wants to play.  Funnel stuff to our bigs while our perimeter players just make offensive stars take really tough shots.  In addition, playing the passing lanes when our bigs swallow up drives.  Thybulle is great at both.    Boston was pretty much the only team that really destroyed our defense.  I think we need to be aware of this, but is not something to totally re-wire our system. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86CiqijikYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXG-5zaxJk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9xDIXQq7Q

It's easy to see why he was their first choice last summer. Gives me some confidence that the player evaluation/scouting improvement that we saw over the last 12-18 months wasn't just luck. It seems like the Mavs an idea how they want to play and are able to identify the fitting pieces.