FA: Klay Thompson Comes to Dallas| 3yrs/50mil

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I agree for the most part. I mean Luka is arguably the best player in the NBA, so I get where he’s coming from but I also remember the talk last offseason about how Kyrie wanted to play with more pace and that didn’t really fit Luka’s style and we debated it a bit here and in the end Luka and the Mavs ultimately did so. I think Kidd, Luka and Kyrie know ball better than most and I think they’ll figure out a way to play to Klay’s strengths when he’s on the floor when the matchups dictate it. I don’t think we’ll see a total overhaul of the offense like Timpf talks about. But he made a good point about Klay having 400+ shot attempts off of a screen, leading the league by a lot and Tim having ~100. So, the Mavs are capable of doing more than just high PnR or ISO stuff. Maybe they double it and get Klay 200 or so of those, using the same actions.

I was actually surprised to hear he liked Naji a bit more than DJJ, knowing how high he was on Jones post TDL and throughout the playoffs. Also, Adam was HIGH on the Grimes addition.

I haven't listened yet, but I was thinking about how we incorporate Klay here.   Luka has developed a happy place playing with Kyrie.  I think the offense will always be Luka making the right play at the right time.  Although I would also like to see some new things.   Luka and Kidd can't treat Klay like THJ, or DFS or Josh Green, etc.   He can't just shoot when he is in the right place.  If I am Luka and all things run through me, one of the things I am keeping track of each game is can I/we get Klay 9-10 good looks from three a game?   Do that and I think we will win plenty of games.

Not Klay related, but I wonder besides Luka and Kyrie we should have focus that almost every other shot is a play at the rim or a three pointer.   Luka and Kyrie are exceptions because their mid range games are killer.   Our advanage is Luka and Kyrie are just dominant scoring and we will get plenty of baskets at the rim.  We shoot average or better from three we are going to win more than we lose.