Rotations and Ideas

[KillerLeft]

I don't understand why this would be. Grimes is a Shooting Guard?

If it looks like a guard, runs like a guard, defends like a guard... it's a Guard.

Luka is a Forward, even though he is the primary play-maker. When he plays next to PJW, Luka is the SF. I think Luka could also play some minutes at PF too (with any three of Kyrie, Grimes/Klay, Naji ahead of him). If you guys can make that shift in how you view Luka, then everything becomes easier... from figuring out rotations to how the roster around him should be constructed.

One of you is talking about offense, the other about defense. These days it's pretty common for players to play different positions on different ends, but when THEY refer to their own positions, it's almost always based on OFFENSE. Luka consistently refers to himself as a PG, which makes sense, because he constantly has the ball in his hands ABOVE THE BREAK, initiating the offense. It's not about size, it's about what positional responsibilities they learn from within their team's offensive system. 

I agree he's a forward on defense, but you'll never hear him refer to himself that way, and when you see the All NBA teams, the All Star teams, etc, you'll usually see him listed as a guard.

Grimes is 2 sized, yes, and I'm sure 99% of his time on the floor will be spent defending not only guards, but the BEST, ball-handling guard on the opposing side, but in the offense, his skillset as a movement shooter with a quick release and lack of ability to floor the ball to creative effect make him pretty ideal as Klay Thompson's backup. Both will be playing the 3 on offense - pretty easy to see that coming, imo. 

I don't want to put words in people's mouths, but I believe those who are claiming Grimes won't play guard are simply saying (correctly) that he won't be given the ball and asked to initiate offense, which is what BOTH guards need to be able to do for the Dallas "offense" to work. And, incidentally, that's why I had high hopes for Hardy getting a role this season and why I now have a sneaky feeling Dinwiddie has a real shot to play an actual rotation role this year, not just an insurance role. His competetion is Exum, who has the ball-handling and passing competency but not much of an instinct or belief in himself when it comes to threatening the defense to create an advantage for the team.