2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SwisherPrice]

It's basically Dame Lillard or bust. You hope that the Nico Harrison connection is enough to get Dame to force his way out of Portland to Dallas at some point in the next 2 years. Maybe you have to re-sign Brunson for now in order to make that a possibility later.

This offense needs a GREAT second shot-creator, ISO scorer. The difference between CP3/Booker and Jordan Clarkson is so evident in this series. We all saw Clarkson get buckets any way he wanted in the Jazz series but it was fine as long as he wasn't going to get the other Jazz players going. He's purely a scorer. CP3 and Booker similarly can score any way they want (three, mid-range, attacking the rim) but they also know how to use that attention that they force onto defenses to move the ball and get Ayton, Bridges, Crowder, Cam Johnson, etc. going on offense. 

Brunson and Dinwiddie are much closer to that Jordan Clarkson tier than CP3/Booker or even Paul George, who played well last year in the Clippers series.

You need multiple All-Star caliber perimeter scorers if you want to be a real contender