08-25-2021, 03:38 PM
(08-25-2021, 02:26 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Again, my point:
DAL last year (regular season AND playoffs) performed as a GOOD team (literally contender level) when JR didn't play. Not playing JR at all next year MIGHT result in the team playing at a contender level. That is a real possibility. Hence, the whole point of this thread.
If we assume that, who gets his minutes and more important, his ROLE (I think that's the point we're trying to say)? Is it Bullock?
I certainly don't want Luka playing 48 minutes like Durant did. There has to be a better replacement (Bullock can't create either and I'm expecting his defense to be similar to J-Rich's, Bullock is a better shooter for sure, but J-Rich did a bit of penetration/mid-range game, sometmes needed). If we get Dragic, then maybe we can talk. As long as the team is currently, there are no one capable of handling the ball besides Luka/Brunson.
Hey, maybe JB evolves into the secondary Ball-handler we need (would require an improvement to play 30mpg, some in the league view him as a starter in other teams, why not here?). He already does it with the bench mob. For now, the team did not get much better (as the thread proposed).