05-10-2022, 04:45 AM
One nice thing about extended playoff runs, is that they make it clear what your weaknesses are, and your greatest strengths. With the Mavs, oddly enough, both can be described with the same term: 3&D. This team is clearly at its best playing 5-out, when Luka and Brunson can be surrounded by long defenders who can shoot. The flaw is that we simply don't have enough of those guys, and we're having to play DFS, Bullock, and Maxi a lot more minutes than is ideal.
The top priority this offseason is obviously re-signing Brunson. After that, we need a starting center, ideally one who can shoot, but if not, someone who at least does more things in the playoffs than Powell, who is easily made irrelevant. And next, we need another 3&D wing to keep DFS and Bullock from running themselves into the ground. The Batum suggestion earlier was great, if he can be had for the taxpayer MLE. It's nice to hope Green can grow into that role, but we need a proven veteran option in case he doesn't.
The top priority this offseason is obviously re-signing Brunson. After that, we need a starting center, ideally one who can shoot, but if not, someone who at least does more things in the playoffs than Powell, who is easily made irrelevant. And next, we need another 3&D wing to keep DFS and Bullock from running themselves into the ground. The Batum suggestion earlier was great, if he can be had for the taxpayer MLE. It's nice to hope Green can grow into that role, but we need a proven veteran option in case he doesn't.