2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[F Gump]

Totally agree. 

To me, DFS is the only player of his type on the roster, imo. I think there's some overlap with Bullock on one end of his spectrum, and some with Kleber on the other end. But there's nobody else right in DFS's sweet spot, and to my mind they should have 2-3 guys like that. 

Bullock, to me, brings up a healthy debate about whether or not THJ is needed here, and I think we can mix Josh Green into that conversation now, too, but it doesn't even occur to me to compare Bullock to DFS. I've always been a little surprised that people make that connection. I guess because they're both supposedly defenders? Past that, I think they're completely different types - different types of defenders, even.

I figured Bullock was an addition of "talent" in an area (wing) where the Mavs simply needed more good talent to put on the floor. With the idea being less about him being here to replace anyone in particular, and more about just adding talent to the roster in an area of obvious need.

So, once he's in the mix, then you figure out the ramifications, the minutes, the rotations, any changes that will flow from it, etc.

So to me, it's all a work in progress to determine where they'll end up. Right now, it does look like THJ might need to be on the way out. But what if we got back the THJ from the last 2 seasons (because, consider that we assume we'll eventually get back the Luka that can shoot)? If so, we might think very differently, so that chapter is still being written imo.