2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[sefant]

I'm with you there too.

JB, like THJ, can't start with Luka.  It's just too much of a defensive liability against the best teams in the league.  Compared to THJ, I am way more comfortable giving JB the rock as the 6th man and telling him to go get buckets.

The "easy" solution is to trade THJ and resign JB.  This would be the ideal scenario as long as JB doesn't want to start.

Brunson plays defense tho. Feels like its a myth that he can't hold his own on defense. If Luka plays defense like Brunson does, The Mavs are straight up a top 5/10 defensive team, and not hovering around 20th. His size should actually help him to play better defense than Brunson. All defensive problems would be legit gone. The defensive problems are clearly Luka in combination with THJ. Not surprised the starters with Bullock (despite him not hitting shots) were straight up better than the THJ lineups.

.R. Bullock, .D. Powell, .K. Porzingis, .D. Finney-Smith, .L. Doncic  +30.4 in 42 min
.T. Hardaway Jr., .D. Powell, .K. Porzingis, .D. Finney-Smith, .L. Doncic  -17.1 in 103 min

This is a 45 pts difference, like what the freaking hell. And Bullock cant even hit a shot.


Are people sure they beat the Wolves with THJ playing, and Frank being out? Because i am not sure. D-Lo probably goes off, and the game is over.
I am comfortable "losing" THJ (to free up space for Brunson/DFS), and giving 50 % of his minutes to Frank and another 50 % to Josh Green. Would totally call teams that were interested in THJ, like the Pelicans. Maybe you can get a deal done THJ/Powell for Valanciunas/Satoransky. Might not be the best fit with KP, but you have another much needed big body.

Not sure if Val 3 pt shooting is a fluke so far. But he is shooting over 40 %. If he can knock down open shots, he might be able to play the Powell role way better.


I think Luka/Brunson can work, if you add another defender like Josh Green/Frank. Brunson / Luka / Frank / DFS / KP

Mavs have straight playing around a top 5 defense since Luka went down. How is that even possible if Brunson is a liability on defense. If Luka doesn't improve his defense going forward, not even 4 Ben Simmons going to save him. I think the Mavs have enough defense on the roster now. If Kidd would actually play Josh Green more, Frank more. The moment Luka/THJ is back, the problem starting again. Less minutes for Frank, less minutes for Josh Green.

Thunder last 5 games:

- Mavs: 84
- Pelicans: 110
- Clippers: 103
- Grizzlies: 102
- Nuggets: 108