Small-Ball Antidote???

[michaeltex]

The Mavs will 100% see some centerless basketball against the clippers in the first round. Lou is a target coach, so the flipside is that he hates switching, because he thinks it makes it easier for other teams to play target basketball against him. However, as we have seen many times, there is just only so long you can allow Luka to torture Zubac before you have to pull him. 

It’s important to understand that not every case of small ball by the opponent necessitates a small ball counter by the Mavericks.

Also, small ball might be best utilized by the Mavericks as a strategy, not a counter, in cases where the other team wants to play big. For example, I would absolutely plan to play some small ball against Minnesota. That is by far the easiest way to defeat them, in my humble opinion.

Has anyone successfully deployed small ball against the current DAL rotation? My impression is that if they go small, DAL goes vertical and Gaff+DLive makes them regret the strategy.