2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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That´s what happens when a team suffers from injuries. Luka and KP both missed games and were replaced by bench players.  Forcing RC to go even deeper into the depth chart (Boban, JJB) or give more minutes to players that don´t really deserve them based on recent performances (Jackson).
At full strength the Mavs bench is easily top 3 in the league. Probably second behind the Clippers. Maybe slightly worse than Miamis.

Against tough opponents in the playoffs the bench will always struggle because opponents play shorter rotations. Mavs might stay 10 deep because the difference between our 4th/5th best player and the 8th/9th best player is marginal but the Lakers or Rockets will probably play 6-7 deep.

It´s not about finding another bench piece. It is about finding another starter that can move players like Curry or DFS back to the bench.

I was mainly talking about the long stretch of games where Luka and KP both were fine. Even in those games, they consistently blew deals, so that doesnt hold.

In case of injuries, the bench both needs to provide a new starter and still perform well.

Getting isolated single good games where they go crazy for ton of points and 3s get them lots of PPG, but that does not mean a good bench, or lots of wins.

Only very early in the season, the first games, there were instances where they kept the leads, and where they brought us back from deficits. That was the only instances i can recall that they won the game for us.

Its not a great bench. Its a mediocore to bad bench. Dont look at PPG. But rather how they keep leads and how they come back from deficits, and even more importanty how consistent they are at that and how they contribute to winning.

Also look mainly on where the entire bench is in. Not where a single player is in together with Luka and KP. Where the entire bench came in, they are regularly blowing leads and that I can recall from the games I dont need a stat for that.

Gotcha. I need to bring up numbers. You don´t need them because you have the eyetest.
You mentioned the last 15 games. Now it suddenly is the stretch prior to them. I am not only looking at PPG. I am looking at the net rating and even in the stretch where KP and Luka missed games the bench did not have a negative net rating. In the stretch prior to the injuries the bench was a solid +3.7 and ranked 4th in the league (12/1-12/24).

In case of injuries the entire team gets worse. Not only the starters. The bench as well. I would love to see a team that can easily replace Doncic or KP without getting any worse. And no the allstar team does not count.

The numbers disagree with you, my eyetest disagrees with you. We can argue about them not being as good as the number suggest but calling the bench mediocre to bad is laughable.