2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[Scott41theMavs]

The other really highly respected advanced stat is Lebron.  For me this is the metric that most meets the "eye test".  It has similar results as EPM with a few key exceptions:

It is more down on Luka defense (below average)
It is more down on Powell overall (below average, this is probably the biggest difference)
It is higher on Brunson (clearly third best player with DFS being forth)
It is higher on Frank and Green (average)

According to this metric the below average specialists are Powell, Bullock and Sterling, and according to both metrics THJ is overpaid.

Metrics or no metrics, my pecking order of favor for the current roster would be:
1) Luka (in his own league, and will be here perennially no matter how bad of a year he's having at any given time)
2) DFS
3) Brunson
4) Maxi
5) Green
6) Sterling Brown
7) Chriss
8) Smokes
9) KP
10) Trey
11) Powell
12) Bullock
13) Moses
14) Boban
15) THJ
16) WCS

Sterling is a solid part of the current success, and Bullock is climbing. With that in mind, the Mavs' priorities should be 1) trade THJ for a back-of-the-rotation player plus air, 2) trade KP for an above-average starter (a borderline all-star like Murray from the Spurs if you can get one) plus whatever else you can get, 3) re-up DFS and Brunson, 4) cut WCS to sign Chriss for the rest of the year, 5) continue to develop Green, Sterling, and Smokes.

I would only trade Brunson if the THJ and/or KP trades bring back a superior ballhandler/shot creator.