02-12-2022, 09:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2022, 09:59 AM by Jason Terry.)
(02-12-2022, 09:36 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I hope you're right about it being a bluff, but I don't think there's a role here for Dragic anymore, personally. If they get into the buyout market, I hope they look for a 5.Pretty much what I’m thinking too.
Even if the plan is to play small and switchable (I like that plan, if so, btw), Powell is kind of the only 5 on the roster I feel good about. Seems like they're trying to make Chriss into a full-time small ball 5, and I'm fine with that (thrilled, even) but I don't think he's ready for playoff minutes at any position yet. Kleber can play 5, and well at times, but I just don't think you're going to make it through the season and playoffs with those three being your only playable options at center.
It feels like you need a more physical option, even if it's not someone in the regular rotation. I'm fine with MBrown not being here anymore, and I suppose you could argue that Boban is that 4th center option, but I'm not thrilled about that, either. I think they need a Favors type from the buyout market, if anything.
Really hoping we try out the small switchable plan now that playing like this is on the table in a post-KP world
Thinking about the GSW and LAC’s we need to get past over the next few years, it doesn’t feel like Maxi at 5 and DFS at 4 is too small(they trot out Morris and Draymond at 5 for whole halves of playoff games). Teams destroy us with small lineups. Totally ready to fight fire with fire. Load up on wings and ball handlers like the good teams are doing
Luka/Dinwiddie
Brunson/Dragic
Bullock/Hardaway
DFS/Bertans
Maxi/Powell
All these parts seem interchangeable and we could play a true switch everything defense. It’s not perfect and we probably need a physical bigger player like you say. It’s a step in the right direction though