BOBI!!!: All things Boban

[Mavsfan12]

Using Boban is like a modern day version of hack-a-shaq.  He is a game disruptor.  Sometimes, it will benefit the Mavs, sometimes not.  He will ALWAYS change the flow of the game when he is out there.  He is like a grenade - he WILL explode.  The trick is to make sure that he causes damage to the opposition and doesn't blow up the friendlies...  

I think that if the other team puts out a non-mobile, non-perimeter big, it makes sense to throw him out there - UNTIL people start scouting it and start forcing him into pick/rolls.  See that is why it worked so well against CLE - the have PG's who aren't really PG's and don't know how to break down the defense and exploit mismatches.  If you tried that against one of the many teams that have a upper level pg that excels in dribble penetration, or a team like the Spurs who will spin your head passing around the exterior, he is going to be a liability on D.  He was pretty awesome on O though.  Boom goes the dynamite!

That's all true but if even if the other team doesn't have the obvious non-perimeter big, and even if the other team can exploit him defensively to some degree, that could still work ok for Dallas if Boban's offensive impact on the game more than offsets the defensive issue. 

That's not always the case but at times the need to score is greater than the need to defend at a high level. 
For example when the team has a lead, time is short for the opponent and they need to not only score but get stops against the Mavericks.  A single bucket or 2 could seal the game for Dallas. 

Sometimes Dallas defense is not able to stop the opponent even without Boban on the floor. 
Case in point was in the Laker game.  AD is a mobile and a good shooter so Boban was off the floor during the closing stretch of the game but that just allowed Davis to exploit his own size advantage against Powell and Kleber inside leading to the Laker comeback.

Should be more of an in game test and decision IMO then a pregame decision about the matchup with Marjonovic.

While I agree that it is something that can be investigated, I am thinking that your plan is more of a Don Nelson plan, rather than a RC plan.  RC is more risk adverse than that.  He will play adjustments with the best of them (I think he won the front office poll on that area of coaching), but I haven't seen him punt defense in that regard.  Putting multiple PGs on the court, yes.  Purposely hanging perimeter or pick and roll d out to dry?  Not so much.  I think this was actually tried in the preseason, and Boban got crushed.  I will be surprised if he plays much against perimeter bigs, or against penetrating pgs.  Cle was a perfect matchup for him.