12-25-2021, 06:20 AM
(12-25-2021, 03:31 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: 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.
I think our comp should be UTA. They will be a though, though out in the play-offs.
They have their own Thimothy (Clarkson) and their superstar shooting below 35%. The rest of the cast though, all above (Gay, Bogdanovic, Conley, Ingles, O'Neale) + Rudy's excellent paint protection.
Only Kleber and Doe-doe (barely) are above that number and KP/Bullock with some ATROCIOUS shooting. Brunson is anoher one that fell off a cliff, but I feel that we're asking him to do too much (especially without our main ball-handler). I expect him to get back on track once Luka returns.