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[KillerLeft]

That was my observation from watching games. I got it that you observed differently. Both of us could not be correct as to what they HAD done, so, wondering "Did I not see what I thought I saw?" I went to look it up in the best way I could get. I figured actual playoff minutes by lineup would offer that, since they would have prioritized best rotation possible, from their pov. I recognized the impact of Maxi's injury, but feel that his minutes in the playoffs were in whatever lineup they felt he was most valuable. So while quantity of minutes and quality of play may have dropped off due to the injury, the preferred lineups would be revealing.

Ah, well if you mean this past playoffs, then that's actually the single worst way of approaching it (imho). 

Kleber was hurt before round two (which is when they needed him the most) and played just sparingly in two games leading up to the finals. Then, in the finals, MOST players were used in increasingly erratic ways, due to Kidd realizing they were in trouble and (quite literally) desperately guessing at what might work (in vain, of course). I accounted for this several posts ago, and I vividly remember how horrible Kleber looked in those finals games as the "second" big. I might be wrong, but I doubt the Mavs' decision makers were encouraged by that. 

The period to study for insight into the intent of their design, I think, is the last 27-5 (might have the loss total wrong) stretch of the regular season when they were possibly the best team in the NBA. There were quite a few changes over the course of that stretch, but they closed with Kleber at the 5 quite a bit, and it was glorious. I don't know that it speaks to their intent moving forward in terms of closing, because every day we live in a world where Dereck Lively is better than he was the day before and that was several playoff rounds ago now. But, it certainly shows what they thought was working (and what worked) then, and that was before they added Marshall, who's actually more like PJW, defensively, than he's like DJJ. 

I just don't agree is probably the shortest way of saying it. 

Glad to hear you weren't irked! I respect your contributions a lot, and nobody likes to feel attacked!