2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Mavsfan12]

No! Not at all! Sorry, it’s late and I didn’t think enough about how that might come across. I apologize.

What I meant to address is the general sense I get from several people that if the Mavs just had a Steven Adams type that would solve everything. I think the Mavs’ philosophy with bigs is kind of one of the reasons they did as well as they did. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Warriors and Celtics both did it better, but I believe from about the second round on every team had “playable” bigs, Mavs included.

The disingenuous comment was meant to address the notion that not having a common center held them back, when I think it’s pretty clear he wouldn’t have been on the court, even if they had one. Somehow, there are still Mavs fans who believe Andre Drummond is the answer to all of the team’s problems.

It would have been nice to have had one to have found out.  I have actually been in the camp that kind of stood against the all-in focus on a traditional big.  By acquiring Wood though, I think you actually CAN now turn attention to that.  I guess my opinion forms around the fact that if you can only have one, then get the mobile guy.  But once that guy is installed, diversifying seems reasonable.  Does that make more sense?  I would hate to see our bigs get hammered all season and limp into the playoffs.  Maxi already goes through it.  We will have to see how Wood holds up.  Even bigger guys like A. Davis will play more 4 during the season and hold off on the 5 until playoffs necessitate it.