(07-24-2020, 10:13 AM)michaeltex Wrote:
- Obviously the rotation was deeper that it will be in a few weeks. You don't normally do an entire line change after the first 5 minutes. (Is Rick a closet NHL fan?)
- Seth was dialed in. Curry pride is resting on him this year and it looks like he's up to it. BTW, I don't think he touched the guy on the challenged foul. Lakers getting Laker calls.
- Who get's to select the NBATV announcers in the bubble? Do they use the "home" team audio feed?
- It ended up well, but LeBron and AD didn't play the 2nd half and I think the LA length is going to be a problem in the playoffs. That's where we are going to miss DP this offseason, although Bobi could make things interesting if he finds a comfort zone. (keep practicing those 3s big guy!)
- Anybody else notice how Bobi makes DHoward look like a little kid?
Sure, Lebron and AD won the 1st half fairly handily. That's a bit of measuring stick to consider from the scrimmage no doubt.
As far of the length, a team that has KP and Bobi along with Maxi should not really have length problem against anyone even without DP and WCS active.
Its completely a matter of how the Coach uses them and how well the big men perform.
On that note, it was interesting to me to see that Coach Carlisle gave Boban extensive run.
KP of course is always going to play big minutes if he's healthy, so that length is a given.
Maxi is solid, but both KP and Maxi are vulnerable to "Bully Ball" and there were already some signs of that being the strategy against the Mavs in the first half.
Boban is the only one that presents a big beefy body to get around. I've always hated the fact that Boban is a little too "gentle" to maximize his size.
He just doesn't seem to have it in him to put a hard body on someone now and then attacking him, but the size is still an obstacle at the rim and on especially on the boards that can help some.
We know that Rick has said Marjanovic is a force that can match up with anyone on office but that defense where the problem comes in.
Can he guard in space? That's the thing to watch.
Its a little tricky because sometimes the rest of the Mavs aren't guarding very well which makes it hard for anyone to cover for them.
KP can be elite at shot blocking, off the ball help particularly and Maxi is a good athlete too. Body to body is where they can struggle.
What I like to see as far as Boban making even bigs like Dwight Howard look small, if for the Mavs to keep pressure on the opponent bigs, even AD and McGee for instance by forcing them to keep guard on Bobi as a threat. Mavs guards, especially Luka are really good at taking the options when those guys are trying to defend the easy basket threat from the Giant.