2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

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I watched the Golden St. game last night vs. Phoenix and I cannot help but wonder why Josh Green cannot be used in a role similar to how they use Gary Payton Jr. They do not ask him to shoot a ton of threes. His only task is to pick up a guy full court and to play pressure defense. 

In the small summary size of what I have seen of Josh Green, he can do much of what Payton does when given the chance. 

Am I off base for thinking that?

Dito.

For Kidd, who suppose to have a defensive mindset its very surprising. His on/off stands at +35.4, he kinda did his part in slowing down the Spurs with Frank and than he was never seen again. Its not like the team couldn't stop a chair in the last 2 games. Frank is still out. He had 1 bad fadeaway jumpshot while the team had a 10-0 run or something like that vs. the Spurs.

He played 47 min, and the offense was still killing it. I know on/off, small sample size and bla bla. But thats all there is. Mavs have an insane 86.6 DefRtg in those 47 minutes with him on the floor. Frank / him is a totally devasting defensive duo from the bench. Feels like the duo alone can turn some defense into offense. and run more than the starters. Play quicker than the starters. Get points in transition.

If Brunson is back to being 100 % healthy, i am not sure why he and Frank can get minutes together from the bench. Those bench lineups were the best performing lineups so far this season.