2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

Maxi is not outplaying Ayton. If he were, the Mavs wouldn’t have lost the rebounding battle in every single game. The Mavs inside play, or lack of it, has been the difference in the series so far.

There is more to that comparison than rebounding.  Maxi has had a much better defensive impact and held his own on the offensive end (at least before this last game).  The fact that our starting center has been useless has definitely been an issue that needs to be rectified this offseason, but lack of inside play has not really been an issue outside the first half of the first game and this last game, and there were a lot of reasons we lost this last game.