2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

It's not hate at this point, it's realism. KP is playing much better this year. He's much happier. And the team is also much, much worse. The offense is a disaster. Luka and KP just don't work together unless KP plays in a different way than he's willing or able to.

I honestly don't think the offense playing terribly has any correlation in the rise of KP's better play. We've seen flashes of the potential 2-man game between KP and Luka. Why they don't run it more is an enigma to me, but there's still time.

The real issue with the offense is the stagnation in ball movement when Luka is commanding the team. Mavs were 26th in October, 23rd in November and are currently 17th overall on the season in passes made. Last 6 games since Luka has been out the Mavs are 2nd in passes made and 8th in assists. That is a major issue that needs to be addressed.

Shooting is another huge issue. The Mavs are 23rd in 3pt%, but are 10th in FGA. Bullock, THJ, Brown, Luka, and KP have to shoot better than 35% from 3 if this team wants to be taken seriously. Their 3pt shooting has evaporated this season. A lot of reasons can be attributed to that. In any case if Kidd isn't hitting the panic button he should. Can't be built as a jump shooting team that can't shoot and expect to go anywhere.