2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Jommybone]

I don’t get how MacMahon’s playoff rotation wing has turned into big wing or DFS backup here. 

For starters, I don’t think DFS plays that position. Seems like he’s guarding a PG nearly half the time. And he never posts up. What is big wingy about his role? 

Second, Luka is everything I think of as a big wing except that he also can handle the rock. He is so not a point guard that the team prioritized having 2 PGs on the roster beside him so he can always have at least one of them on the floor with him. Plus the dude is a monster on the boards. Do you think MacMahon was saying the Mavs’ priority now is Luka’s backup? Surely not, right? 

Third, I don’t get needing another wing anyway unless somebody’s about to be packing. Add a health Tim and newly arrived Christian to the 6-man playoff rotation and the rotation is already 8 deep. And there’s only room for 2 wings to play next to Luka and (a) 1 of Wood/Kleber plus (b) 1 of Brunson/Dinwiddie. Why isn’t Reggie, Doe-Doe, Tim, Josh, Frank enough to plug that 96-minute hole? Is a Hardaway to Orlando for Jonathan Isaac trade already in the makings? 

Fourth, why can’t Dinwiddie play wing in a pinch? Dude is 6’6. Plus there’s Maxi, who others have already pointed out can play next to a center. Why a wing rather than best player obtainable? I really don’t understand the conviction at all.

Unless, again, there’s already an outgoing wing deal waiting to be announced.