Mavs 5-1 when Jackson plays more than 10 minutes

[bartlettbear]

The mavs are 1 and 4 when he is under ten minutes.

[TheCustodian]

Sounds about right. He should be our 3rd option.

[FunkBoreland]

Too bad Powell came back. Minutes wont come by easily.

[bartlettbear]

Sounds about right. He should be our 3rd option.

Clearly he should be third option a freshman coach could see that is obvious.

[Dahlsim]

Good observation on the pattern with Jackson.

Clearly Rick Carlisle is still in experimentation on the roster. Getting swept by the Knicks a painful loss but the much more competitive game in the garden looks like the roster may have the right stuff on it for more wins if Carlisle can find and solidify its best mix.
This game he changed it up against the NY again, looking for the mix.

Jackson with his size and mobility and scoring ability seems like a he would counter some of the athleticism and size the Mavs faced against Barrett, Morris etc.
Inside the paint it was good to see some better Boban minutes after a no show in the first Knicks loss. In just a decent Boban showing he still put up a very efficient scoring and rebounding line in just 14 minutes, 10 points on 4/7 and 5 boards without Luka in his 4th quarter rotation.

I'm sort of imagining what the rotations with Jackson would have looked like in that NY game and yeah it looks like it could have been improved and very winnable. Problem is Carlisle has to decide what that optimum rotation is and run with some consistency. Its hard to play everyone on the bench where if a guy is playing a great game one night he might not get minutes in the next game because of the perceived match up.

Right now after Luka / KP its what ever is perceived by Coach as the best match up from game to game it appears and the fact that players performed well in previous games doesn't dictate their minutes next time. That's been part of Carlisle's style though for a long time now.

[TheCustodian]

Sounds about right. He should be our 3rd option.

Clearly he should be third option a freshman coach could see that is obvious.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic towards me or if you're calling out Carlisle here lol

[bartlettbear]

Sounds about right. He should be our 3rd option.

Clearly he should be third option a freshman coach could see that is obvious.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic towards me or if you're calling out Carlisle here lol

Calling out RC, Jackson is the only other offensive player on the Mavs that as more than a one dimensional offensive game.  He can catch and shoots, he moves with out the ball better than anyone the team and he can score putting the ball on the floor.

[ItsGoTime]

Calling out RC, Jackson is the only other offensive player on the Mavs that as more than a one dimensional offensive game.  He can catch and shoots, he moves with out the ball better than anyone the team and he can score putting the ball on the floor.

So he's a one dimensional player.

[Reunion Mav Old]

I love Justin Jackson for his offensive potential among other things. But I have watched on defense and often cringed. He doesn't stay in front of his man way too many times. He has company here as many of our bigger wings are not good as individual defenders....so maybe Jackson should play. I believe that Rick is trying to get Justin to earn it defensively. Maybe he sees Justin as a quality defender potentially but is not seeing him actually deliver...yet. 

He will get his chances. He needs to shine in his minutes offensively and show progress defensively. Something has always kept him off of the floor. He and Rick probably both know why that is from a Maverick perspective. I really, really hope he gets it soon because I love much about his game.

[Fuerza1]

I don't think Jackson is the missing link or anything but I don't see why he cannot at the very least play 20 mins per night? He would fit nicely in the Doug McDermott role from a season in a half ago. 

Last night was the first time he did not play at all meanwhile THJ is allowed to jack it anytime he wants and Seth turns into a ghost. 

Also, a guy many are forgetting about is DFS. He sucks, 30% three point shooter for his career and I doubt it will get better. He has some size, helps on the boards, and hustles. But he is in no way shape or form an NBA starter. 

I wish Carlisle had the balls to try something new but we know he will continue these wack rotations until it's too late.

[burekemde]

Too bad Powell came back. Minutes wont come by easily.

Everything started to go wrong upon Powell returning. The defense started play awfull. KP turned into a disaster. Losses come more often. The dark ages have begun.

[ThisIStheYear]

Jackson needs to play more. Seth needs to play less. Jackson’s bigger, faster, stronger, better and he does have skill. Seth has been abysmal so far on both sides of the court and needs to just come in as a shooting specialist. I would give Jackson or Delon a chance to start. I can’t believe how bad RC is at getting his rotations straight. Seems like the kind of coach who has great qualities but where the front office needs to trade away some of his pets so he doesn’t overplay them.

[hakeemfan]

Look. I am the first one who doesn’t like the offense that this team runs given that our two stars can kill most teams closer to the basket. Plus doing that will put the other team in more foul trouble too.

However having said that, the rotations themselves are fine. RC’s rotations are very clear. He gives minutes to guys who play hard. That’s always been the case over the years. The only exception might have been Crowder due to RC’s loyalty to Marion. Powell and THJ play hard. Others like Jackson and Delon look great but can also seem to disappear in other games. As a coach I would give minutes too to players who you can count on to play hard.

The issue is not rotations but that we hve 2 stars and then a huge dropoff after that.

[ballsrchr]

I also believe JJ needs to play more.  I think he will grow as a player.  Unfortunately...as much as I like Seth...he probably needs to come of the bench at opportune times.  I'm not a fan of RC rotations.  Starting to sound like a broken record...

[iolide]

In my opinion, Mavs need to have both JJ and Seth producing in stable minutes off the bench. I'd like Wright in that Starting lineup.

[Mavericks321]

Yeah I would like to see Jackson playing more.

[Jym]

The issue is not rotations but that we hve 2 stars and then a huge dropoff after that.

Not sure I'd call Wright a star

[hakeemfan]

The issue is not rotations but that we hve 2 stars and then a huge dropoff after that.

Not sure I'd call Wright a star

Well played. 

[fifteenth]

I wish Carlisle had the balls to try something new 

Do you really think he doesn't have the balls to do something new? Like he has ideas that he thinks are good but he's afraid to try them?

[TheCustodian]

I think since teams are playing us really physically this year and that seems to be our weakness, we need to come out of the gate bigger. I would really like to see a Wright, Luka, Jackson, KP, Maxi starting lineup. That lineup is big and can effect passing lanes and contest shots better. We used to be a great 3pt defense team last year and this year we just don’t have it statistically. That lineup is good everywhere and I would love to see a Brunson, Seth, DFS group off the bench. Jackson gives that lineup some offensive flexibility. Well, hypothetically.