02-11-2026, 01:37 AM
(02-11-2026, 12:07 AM)vfromlmf Wrote: Lu Dort average 31mpg on a Championship team last year. smh
I hate to keep standing on this soapbox but starter, bench, guard, wing, 3&D, your mom’s tenpenny granny. What’s the difference?
Dort’s got flaws but dude can play
We get too hung up in roles that were defined in the 1960’s. Kidd says he just wants basketball players. Why don’t we listen?
Let’s say Flagg starts knocking down 3’s at 38%. Are you telling me he can’t play with PJ Washington?! Dude. PJ can guard 1-5. He’s a downhill driver. Strong in the paint. Can get 15ppg and 25+ if you dont guard him. Rebounds. Sets the tone with force. Sure I’d love if PJ were a knockdown shooter but he makes up for it in other areas. Taken together, there are plenty of better overall players… but PJW can play. He needs stars around him but that’s why he not a star. PJW is a HIGH END role player. Maybe the best role player on this team. You don’t dump him because he’s not a star. Kyrie and Flagg are stars. And hopefully the Mavs land another one in the draft.
Dort is the prototypical 3&D player. When you say "dude can play" all he really does is play defense and shoot threes. Those are by far the most important attributes for a role player starting on a contending team.
PJ can do a lot more things on the court offensively than Dort, but he doesn't do them efficiently. The reality is that Dort's spacing is more helpful to a starting lineup than PJ inefficient creation.