06-07-2021, 05:13 PM
(06-07-2021, 04:55 PM)Halfnir Wrote: To add an optimistic thought to the evaluation, for the first time in quite some seasons, all Mavs made it through the season without major injuries or surgeries looming.
Luka will play a bit for Slovenia (qualifiers up to 4 games, maybe even olympics), hopefully staying healthy, shortening his rest but also his slump period before he'll get back to training.
KP is healthy for the first time in 3 off-seasons and maybe he can use it to finally improve, focus on learning more basketball rather than getting his body back to work and become a better player. I would love for Dirk to reach out to him and spend some time together in a certain tiny gym in Germany. I think that would be one of the greatest things Dirk could do to help the Mavs solve the KP situation.
Kleber might play for Germany or rest, based on this article, he was hurting during the playoffs, could not run and needed injections to get ready for the game.
Brunson also healthy might help him to make significant improvement rather than deailing with a shoulder surgery.
I think that´s another underrated aspect of markets like LA, NY or Miami. A lot of guys spent their offseason in those cities. Would be great to see some offseason workouts with the whole crew but more often than not Mavs guys aren´t even involved in the Dallas based workouts. Natives like Turner or Randle are.
All in on more Dirk and Holger. Not only for the euro bigs. One or two weeks with Holger and it felt like the entire team couldn´t miss a FT during his visit.