Ryan Nembhard

[mvossman]

I agree, and that probably is the reason he wasn't drafted. But a lot of the draft thinking is about hard measurements. Teams really have to make assumptions about a player when they make the leap to the NBA.

The point I'm making is about the Mavericks though (or the point I meant to make). There may not be enough games to fully know the answer, but who do you want to take Nembies starting minutes? We need an extra PG I think. But is Nembhart so much of a "problem defender" that you want a bigger point guard to take away 5-7 minutes away from him? I'm not sure I do.

I'm thinking we should wait for awhile until some real defensive measurements help us understand if he's less of a "problem defender" at 25 mpg than 32 mpg.

Right now there is no question you run Nembhard out there as much as you can.  There is no better alternative, especially if he keeps playing anywhere near what he is doing these last couple of games.  This is more about long term role.  If he ends up being a quality bench PG it will be a huge win given that he is an undrafted two way player.  But my guess is this team is eventually going to need to go out and get a starting point guard for the long term.