We need a bruiser!

[Dahlsim]

Wright
Luka
JJ or DFS or even Kleber?
KP
Boban


There is the championship team. It has all the defense and all the offense. Luka and Boban are unstoppable on pick and roll. Boban and KP are dominating inside presence, most teams would never even think going to the paint. Wright fighting through screens is a thing of beauty as someone lately mentioned it here. Luka is by no means a bad defender. We just need to get Seth and Powell out of starting lineup as they are huge liability defensively. Kleber is at probably our second best player at the moment, he could also start instead of Boban (or instead of KP until he steps his play up, last game was unacceptable performance).

Nice lineup.  Boban's never really a long term starter because of defensive concerns evidently so its probably never going to happen, but this rotation definitely work for size and versatility on offense.  
On defense I'm thinking the 5 out and 4 out offenses used to day with 3 point shooters spread out around the perimeter would be the problem. 

This we probably won't see starting but the Luka+KP+Boban trio in a rotation I'd like to see used a lot more when the team is struggling to hold on to a lead and just a baskets on offense are desperately needed.   Boban inside, KP outside and Luka in control.  That's a load for any defense to keep from getting a few baskets at least. 

If you're trying to get enough stops to make a comeback that's different but if you're struggling to get a few baskets and especially if you're holding on to a lead any Maverick rotation with that anchor is wicked hard to control.

Well we didn't really get to see the Luka/KP/Boban trio go to work against the Knicks but did see Rick Carlisle use Boban in some key stretches of the game.  Big Tex didn't get to play much off of Luka in his minutes though as Carlisle instead elected to use him to hold down the scoring fort it appears while both Luka and KP sat.  
Boban's rotation left the floor for Luka to come back in and close with the Mavs up by 1 point despite a bad charge call on the Big man for simple turning and pivoting to shoot the ball in the post.  It was a nice flop for the Knicks who really didn't have anyone capable of guarding Boban inside. 

Marjanovic  in just 14 Minutes  had 10 points on 4/7 shooting and 2/2 from the line and 5 rebounds.  
Wasn't even great by his standards but was still good, helped the Mavs, left them a lead and had Shaq and the TNT guys giving him props on the show. 

I give Carlisle props for using Boban this time against the Knicks where he didn't the first time.  It helped make for a much closer and winnable performance against the Knicks but it still also seemed that he could have done better.  Dallas had a lot of misses on a poor % that went up from 3 point land.  With some more efficient inside outside attempts to pound New York inside the Mavs could easily have resulted in a better Mavs offense.

Would have rather seen Luka/Boban minutes in putting the big baskets together to close the Knicks game out with efficient offense since the Mavs had a 1 point lead with Marjonovic's rotation in the 4th.  Brunson does a decent job and fed the post a some but the Luka drive as Bobi rolls with 3 point shooter on the perimeter is extreme pressure for the opponent's defense.